Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found.

Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found.

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you read more

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.

The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream That this watch exists and has no watchmaker.

The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream That this watch exists and has no watchmaker.

Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.

Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.

The human mind cannot create anything. It produces nothing until after having been fertilized by experience and meditation; its acquisitions read more

The human mind cannot create anything. It produces nothing until after having been fertilized by experience and meditation; its acquisitions are the gems of its production.

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.

Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem.

Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem.

Most people are more comfortable with old problems than with new solutions.

Most people are more comfortable with old problems than with new solutions.

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.