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... not picked from the leaves of any author, but bred amongst the weeds and tares of mine own brain.
... not picked from the leaves of any author, but bred amongst the weeds and tares of mine own brain.
You can't just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood.
You can't just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood.
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.
Some people see things and ask Why?
I dream things which never were and askWhy not?
Some people see things and ask Why?
I dream things which never were and askWhy not?
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.
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.
All profoundly original art looks ugly at first.
All profoundly original art looks ugly at first.
No great thing is created suddenly.
No great thing is created suddenly.
Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.
Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.
