[It's] troubling because it reminds us how difficult it is to prove anything. We like to pretend that our experiments define the truth for us. But that's often not the case. Just because an idea is true doesn't mean it… — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
It's a hard thing to describe. It's just this sense that you got something to say. — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
“When the mind is denied the emotional sting of losing , it never figures out how to win.” — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
“Insights, after all, come from the overlap between seemingly unrelated thoughts. They emerge when concepts are transposed, when the rules of one place are… — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
“Every brilliant experiment, like every great work of art, starts with an act of imagination. Unfortunately, our current culture subscribes to a very narrow… — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
“You break out of the box by stepping into shackles. From Imagine: How Creativity Works pg 23 (hardcover)” — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
So let's not pretend that travel is always fun. We don't spend 10 hours lost in the Louvre because we like it, and the… — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
“In fact, most of us see perseverance as a distinctly uncreative approach, the sort of strategy that people with mediocre ideas are forced to… — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
“Even when alternative views are clearly wrong, being exposed to them still expands our creative potential. In a way, the power of dissent is… — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
Cities force us to interact with strangers and with the strange. They pry the mind open. And that is why they are the idea… — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
Distance and difference are the secret tonic of creativity. When we get home, home is still the same. But something in our mind has… — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
In fact, the only way to remain creative over time--to not be undone by our expertise--is to experiment with ignorance, to stare at things… — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
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