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

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

Ideas are the root of creation.

Ideas are the root of creation.

Sometimes you've got to let everything go - purge yourself. If you are unhappy with anything . . . whatever read more

Sometimes you've got to let everything go - purge yourself. If you are unhappy with anything . . . whatever is bringing you down, get rid of it. Because you'll find that when you're free, your true creativity, your true self comes out.

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.

... 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.

It is not good enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

It is not good enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

Problems cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.

Problems cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.

I think one of the reasons I'm popular again is because I'm wearing a tie. You have to be different.

I think one of the reasons I'm popular again is because I'm wearing a tie. You have to be different.