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It seems safe to say that significant discovery, really creative thinking, does not occur with regard to problems about which read more
It seems safe to say that significant discovery, really creative thinking, does not occur with regard to problems about which the thinker is lukewarm.
Creation is a drug I can't do without.
Creation is a drug I can't do without.
There are no days in life so memorable as those which vibrated to some stroke of the imagination.
There are no days in life so memorable as those which vibrated to some stroke of the imagination.
An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate.
An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate.
Ideas are the root of creation.
Ideas are the root of creation.
No great thing is created suddenly.
No great thing is created suddenly.
It's been very important throughout my career that I've met all the guys I've copied, because at each stage they've read more
It's been very important throughout my career that I've met all the guys I've copied, because at each stage they've said, "Don't play like me, play like you.".
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 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.
