The creative person wants to be a know -it -all. He wants to know about all kinds of things: ancient read more

The creative person wants to be a know -it -all. He wants to know about all kinds of things: ancient history, nineteenth -century mathematics, current manufacturing techniques, flower arranging, and hog futures. Because he never knows when these ideas might come together to form a new idea. It may happen six minutes later or six months, or six years down the road. But he has faith that it will happen.

The thing that makes a creative person is to be creative and that is all there is to it.

The thing that makes a creative person is to be creative and that is all there is to it.

Had I been present at the creation of the world I would have proposed some improvements.

Had I been present at the creation of the world I would have proposed some improvements.

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training.

Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training.

Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.

Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.

All profoundly original art looks ugly at first.

All profoundly original art looks ugly at first.

It seems safe to say that significant discovery, really creative thinking, does not occur with regard to problems about which read more

It seems safe to say that significant discovery, really creative thinking, does not occur with regard to problems about which the thinker is lukewarm.

Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.

Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.