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.

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.

All profoundly original work looks ugly at first.

All profoundly original work looks ugly at first.

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

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

I invent nothing. I rediscover.

I invent nothing. I rediscover.

The creative person wants to be a know -it -all. He wants to know about all kinds of things: ancient read more

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.

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

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.

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.