| Quotations on the subject: Creativity & Ideas |
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
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The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.
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Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
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Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
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Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
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Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.
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I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.
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A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.
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Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
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Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
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When Alexander the Great visited Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for the famed teacher, Diogenes replied: "Only stand out of my light." Perhaps some day we shall know how to heighten creativity. Until then, one of the best things we can do for creative men and women is to stand out of their light.
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