The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world; and that is an idea whose time has read more

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world; and that is an idea whose time has come.

We try not to have ideas, preferring accidents. To create, you must empty yourself of every artistic thought.

We try not to have ideas, preferring accidents. To create, you must empty yourself of every artistic thought.

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.

Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.