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“Should he make a note? He felt for the smooth shape of his pen in his pocket. 'Theme for a novel: The contrary pull ... " No. If this notion were real, he needn't make a note. A notion on which a n...”
“Those who say there are no more original ideas need to get out of the way of those of us who are creating them.”
“She felt invisible shackles snaking around her wrists and ankles, took a deep breath and said..............”
“Humans are often credited with having real foresight, in distinction to the rest of biology which does not. For example, Dawkins compares the 'blind watchmaker' of natural selection with the real h...”
“He had thrilled to his own power only in the throes of sex, when he didn't have the presence of mind to know that pleasure wouldn't last forever, and in the flush of freedom, when he was too innoce...”
“Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music”
“(the modern writers aim is) general revelation by suggestion (and) making a very tiny part do for a whole.”
“No matter what your circumstance, if you provide kids with creative ammunition, they will blast holes into an oppressive reality, and conceive limitless worlds.”
“Neither parents nor schools are very effective at teaching the young to find pleasure in the right things. Adults, themselves often deluded by infatuation with fatuous models, conspire in the decep...”
“Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things.”
“Creativity happens only when ego is absent,when you are relaxed, in deep rest, when there is really no desire to do something. Suddenly you are gripped;some unknown force overwhelms you,takes posse...”
“After curiosity, this quality of concentrated attention is what creative individuals mention most often as having set them apart in college from their peers. Without this quality, they could not ha...”
“Creative people are constantly surprised. They dont assume that they understand what is happening around them, and they dont assume that anybody else does either. They question the obviousnot out o...”
“The culture of making is more about a mindset than a lifestyle. Makers have a curiosity for the built world around them. Understanding where things come from, how they are made, the potential of th...”
“...innovation is highly context-dependent. It is a response to a particular problem at a particular time and place. Take away the context, and you remove both the spur to innovation, and its raw ma...”
“Creativity eventually comes from the need not to have ourselves or other people eaten by leopards.”
“Creativity is not just thinking outside the box but living outside it.”
“It was one dev, naked in a room with a carton of cigarettes, a thermos full of coffee and bourbon, and all his summoned angels.”
“When people really are writers, they write. Artists draw. Golfers golf. Fish swim. Cant keep them from it; its who they are. They may dream of the big time, but in the meantime, theyll draw or writ...”
“Question everything, including your questions. Don't be afraid to ask questions. Why are you asking? Why are you asking in this particular way? Is it really the right question for the answer you ar...”
