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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The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
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.
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.
... 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.
No great thing is created suddenly.
No great thing is created suddenly.
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.
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.
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.
Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem.
Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem.
