The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

Problems cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.

Problems cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.

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

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

Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.

Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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