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> [If you ask me, what is helpful to creativity is training the eye to notice things, to observe closely and precisely, being careful not to make a muddle of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-graham/if-you-ask-me-what-is-helpful-to-creativity-is-training-the-eye-to/)

Ian Graham

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## More by Ian Graham

> [I've had quite a lot of bad experiences with Japanese sweets. I reckon, Japanese...they can do most things really well but sweets, they're a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-graham/i-ve-had-quite-a-lot-of-bad-experiences-with-japanese-sweets-i-reckon/)

Ian Graham

> [“The Foundling Hospital was established in 1741 by a businessman and philanthropist named Thomas Coram as a children’s home for the “education and maintenance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-graham/the-foundling-hospital-was-established-in-1741-by-a-businessman-and/)

Ian Graham

> [“The family had been reasonably prosperous until “the Enclosures.” These were a series of acts of Parliament that enclosed land that had previously been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-graham/the-family-had-been-reasonably-prosperous-until-the-enclosures-these/)

Ian Graham

> [If you ask me, what is helpful to creativity is training the eye to notice things, to observe closely and precisely, being careful not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-graham/if-you-ask-me-what-is-helpful-to-creativity-is-training-the-eye-to/)

Ian Graham

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