The genuine creator creates something that has a life of its own, something that can exist and function without him. This is true not only of the writer, artist and scientist, but of creators in other fields...With the noncreative it is the other way around: in whatever they do, they arrange things so that they themselves become indispensable.
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What information consumes is rather obvious: It consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.
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...definitions are temporary verbalizations of concepts, and concepts- particularly difficult concepts- are usually revised repeatedly as our knowledge and understanding grows.
Insanity -- a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.
Insanity -- a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.
I have taken all knowledge to be my province.
I have taken all knowledge to be my province.
We often use strong language not to express a powerful emotion but to evoke it in us.
We often use strong language not to express a powerful emotion but to evoke it in us.
What are we when we are alone? Some, when they are alone, cease to exist.
What are we when we are alone? Some, when they are alone, cease to exist.
Veracity is the heart of morality.
Veracity is the heart of morality.
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn't take his education too seriously.
An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn't take his education too seriously.
