“As journeys unfold, new challenges arise and pressures mount. These successive tolls must too be paid in creativity and ingenuity, as they… — Sean Patrick Copy Share Image
“imagination, though? Michelangelo said he saw angels in the marble and carved until he set them free. Most of us regard creativity… — Sean Patrick Copy Share Image
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“It’s an essential part of becoming more creative. Expand your interests in life. Seek out new, interesting experiences, no matter how mundane… — Sean Patrick Copy Share Image
“though. Before you can connect dots, you need to have dots to connect. The more material you’re exposed to in the world,… — Sean Patrick Copy Share Image
“That’s why the coffee house in the Age of Enlightenment and the Parisian salons of modernism were such engines of creativity; they… — Sean Patrick Copy Share Image
“If you believe the fearmongers, there never is a good time to start anything. Something is always wrong. There are always holes… — Sean Patrick Copy Share Image
“There’s a catch to “combinatorial creativity,” though. Before you can connect dots, you need to have dots to connect. The more material… — Sean Patrick Copy Share Image
“Don’t confuse creativity and imagination with “thinking” either. Ray Bradbury said that thinking is the enemy of creativity because it’s self-conscious. When… — Sean Patrick Copy Share Image
“calls to adventure are puzzles waiting to be solved. Anyone can apply, but the price of admission is paid in imagination. As… — Sean Patrick Copy Share Image
“Many calls to adventure are puzzles waiting to be solved. Anyone can apply, but the price of admission is paid in imagination.… — Sean Patrick Copy Share Image
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“became known, was slow and expensive. Delays in receiving equipment plagued Tesla due to the complicated and unusual nature of his designs. In 1903,… — Sean Patrick Copy Share
“the seed of greatness exists in every human being. Whether it sprouts or not is our choice.” — Sean Patrick Copy Share
“It’s no coincidence that geniuses not only dare to dream of the impossible for their work, but do the same for their lives. They’re… — Sean Patrick Copy Share
“It’s no coincidence that geniuses not only dare to dream of the impossible for their work, but do the same for their lives.” — Sean Patrick Copy Share
“Alexander’s adamantine will and belief in himself stemmed from the fact that he was willing to out-plan, out-work, and outlast anyone. He didn’t chase… — Sean Patrick Copy Share
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“Facts and ideas are dead in themselves and it is the imagination that gives life to them.” — Sean Patrick Copy Share
“So, what does all this tell us? First, that the seed of greatness exists in every human being. Whether it sprouts or not is… — Sean Patrick Copy Share
“The philosopher Edmund Burke said “there is a boundary to men’s passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the… — Sean Patrick Copy Share
“Joseph Campbell said, deep down inside, we don’t seek the meaning of life, but the experience of being alive. And that’s what the nature… — Sean Patrick Copy Share
“In every field of human endeavor, the more visionary the work, the less likely it is to be quickly understood and embraced by lesser… — Sean Patrick Copy Share
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“His coils helped him discover yet another phenomenon that would change the world: radio waves. When Tesla tuned two coils to resonate at the… — Sean Patrick Copy Share
