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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Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
It's been very important throughout my career that I've met all the guys I've copied, because at each stage they've read more
It's been very important throughout my career that I've met all the guys I've copied, because at each stage they've said, "Don't play like me, play like you.".
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.
The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.
The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.
Top 10 Creative Rules of Thumb: 1. The best way to get great ideas is to get lots of ideas read more
Top 10 Creative Rules of Thumb: 1. The best way to get great ideas is to get lots of ideas and throw the bad ones away. 2. Create ideas that are 15 minutes ahead of their time...not light years ahead. 3. Always look for a second right answer. 4. If at first you don't succeed, take a break. 5. Write down your ideas before you forget them. 6. If everyone says you are wrong, you're one step ahead. If everyone laughs at you, you're two steps ahead. 7. The answer to your problem "pre-exists." You need to ask the right question to reveal the answer. 8. When you ask a dumb question, you get a smart answer. 9. Never solve a problem from its original perspective. 10. Visualize your problem as solved before solving it.
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.
The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
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.
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.
