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    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.

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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.

by Edward De Bono Found in: Creativity Quotes,
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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.

by Gerald Holton Found in: Creativity Quotes,
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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.

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Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

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Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.

Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.

by Mark Twain Found in: Creativity Quotes,
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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.

by Alfonso X Found in: Creativity Quotes,
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It's like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole read more

It's like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

by E. L. Doctorow Found in: Creativity Quotes,
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The original is unfaithful to the translation.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

by Jorge Luis Borges Found in: Creativity Quotes,
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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.

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