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Creativity Quotes by Arthur Koestler
- The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know.
- Habit is the denial of creativity and the negation of freedom; a self-imposed straitjacket of which the wearer is unaware.
- Creativity in science could be described as the act of putting two and two together to make five
- The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.
- Creativity is the defeat of habit by originality.
- True creativity often starts where language ends.
- Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.
- Creative synthesis has a basic, bisociative pattern : the sudden interlocking of two previously unrelated skills or matrices of thought.
More Creativity Quotes
- The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle
- There is no great genius without a mixture of madness. — Aristotle
- Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar. — Nnamdi Azikiwe
- The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...' — Isaac Asimov
- Imagination is the highest kite one can fly. — Lauren Bacall
- A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. — Francis Bacon
- You don't take a photograph, you make it. — Ansel Adams
- When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. — Ansel Adams
- There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer. — Ansel Adams
- No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal… — Ansel Adams
- Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times… — Ansel Adams
- Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. — Scott Adams