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.
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The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.
The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.
Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
Some people see things and ask Why?
I dream things which never were and askWhy not?
Some people see things and ask Why?
I dream things which never were and askWhy not?
Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training.
Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training.
It is wise to learn; it is God-like to create.
It is wise to learn; it is God-like to create.
First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my read more
First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it. We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.
Don't play what's there, play what's not there.
Don't play what's there, play what's not there.
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.
It's like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole read more
It's like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
