Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.

Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.

Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.

Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.

There are no days in life so memorable as those which vibrated to some stroke of the imagination.

There are no days in life so memorable as those which vibrated to some stroke of the imagination.

The good ideas are all hammered out in agony by individuals, not spewed out by groups.

The good ideas are all hammered out in agony by individuals, not spewed out by groups.

Don't play what's there, play what's not there.

Don't play what's there, play what's not there.

First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my read more

First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it. We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.

Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.

Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.

Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and read more

Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity.

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.