Creativity Quote by Kenneth E. Boulding Download Open image “Equilibrium is a figment of the human imagination.” — Kenneth E. Boulding ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Creativity Equilibrium Figments Human imagination Humans Imagination Nature of man
[The notion of equilibrium] is a notion which can be employed usefully in varying degrees of looseness. It is an absolutely indispensable part of… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
To know what one can have and to do with it, being prepared for no more, is the basis of equilibrium. — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
“It should be clearly understood that this term “equilibrium” does not mean a static halt to action, although it conceivably could be this. More… — J.C. Wylie Copy Share Image
A system is in equilibrium when the forces constituting it are arranged in such a way as to compensate each other, like the two… — Rudolf Arnheim Copy Share Image
“It is important to recall at the outset that by a cognitive equilibrium (which is analogous to the stability of a living organism) we… — Ulrich Müller Copy Share Image
Every situation is an equilibrium of forces; every life is a struggle between opposing forces working within the limits of a certain equilibrium — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
I think life is all about having a balance, and trying to find equilibrium and not getting things one way or the other. — Tiger Woods Copy Share Image
“This law of equilibrium, Piaget repeats, is not something external, imposed upon intellectual change from without; it is not a transcendent, Platonic principle. On… — Ulrich Müller Copy Share Image
The point in lifeis to find equilibrium in what is inherently unstable. — Pierre Reverdy Copy Share Image
[In science any model depends on a pre-chosen taxonomy] a set of classifications into which we divide the enormous complexity of the real world...… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
If we saw tomorrow's newspaper today, tomorrow would never happen. — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
It is clear that the building of models is not a purely mechanical process but requires skill of a high order - not merely… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Even personal tastes are learned, in the matrix of a culture or a subculture in which we grow up, by very much the same… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
In view of the importance of philanthropy in our society, it is surprising that so little attention has been given to it by economic… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Humble, honest, ignorance is one of the finest flowers of the human spirit — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
[The question for the behavioral disciplines is simply] what is better, and how do we get there? — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
[Even the mechanism can be endowed with an image. Thus] the thermostat has an image of the outside world in the shape of information… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Economic problems have no sharp edges. They shade off imperceptibly into politics, sociology, and ethics. Indeed, it is hardly an exaggeration to say that… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The world moves into the future as a result of decisions, not as a result of plans. Plans are significant only insofar as they… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Mathematicians themselves set up standards of generality and elegance in their exposition which are a bar to understand. — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The concept of need is often looked upon rather unfavorably by economists, in contrast with the concept of demand. Both, however, have their own… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“The Soviet “creative intelligentsia” - that is, people accustomed to thinking one thing, saying another and doing a third - is as a whole… — Andrei Amalrik Copy Share Image
It’s so important to create in your own voice, to hold onto what makes you unique, and have faith in your vision. — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
By making conscious choices in our behavior and where we focus our attention, we can transform our experience of our body, decrease our biological… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“You are the end of beauty and creativity one must have created so far.” — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
Jonah Lehrer is one of the most talented explainers of science that we’ve got. What a pleasure it is to follow his investigation of… — Joshua Foer Copy Share Image
If you've got creativity, imagination, and intelligence, and you want to be hypnotised, then there's no reason you shouldn't be able to. — Keith Barry Copy Share Image