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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.
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.
Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
... 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.
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.
Most people are more comfortable with old problems than with new solutions.
Most people are more comfortable with old problems than with new solutions.
The good ideas are all hammered out in agony by individuals, not spewed out by groups.
The good ideas are all hammered out in agony by individuals, not spewed out by groups.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
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.
