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    It seems safe to say that significant discovery, really creative thinking, does not occur with regard to problems about which the thinker is lukewarm.

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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.

by Bill Watterson Found in: Creativity Quotes,
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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.

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No great thing is created suddenly.

No great thing is created suddenly.

by Epictetus Found in: Creativity Quotes,
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Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.

Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.

by Gerald Holton Found in: Creativity Quotes,
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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.

by Carl Ally Found in: Creativity Quotes,
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Most people are more comfortable with old problems than with new solutions.

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

by Charles Brower Found in: Creativity Quotes,
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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.

by Tina Turner Found in: Creativity Quotes,
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It is wise to learn; it is God-like to create.

It is wise to learn; it is God-like to create.

by John Saxe Found in: Creativity Quotes,
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Don't play what's there, play what's not there.

Don't play what's there, play what's not there.

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