Creative Quote by Margaret Mead

“To the extent a person makes, invents or thinks something that is new to him, he may be said to have performed a creative act.”

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The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does he picture us caught in a tremendous man-made or God-made trap from which there is no escape, but we must also listen to him day in, day out, describe how the trap is inexorably closing. To…

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The contempt for law and the contempt for the human consequences of lawbreaking go from the bottom to the top of American society.

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If one cannot state a matter clearly enough so that even an intelligent twelve-year-old can understand it, one should remain within the cloistered walls…

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I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

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Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.

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Women are scolded both for being mothers and for not being mothers, for wanting to eat their cake and have it too, and for…

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we came to realize that a civilization which rode roughshod over the way of life of other peoples was incorporating evil in its own…

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WE MUST DEVISE A SYSTEM IN WHICH PEACE IS MORE REWARDING THAN WAR.

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Through a grandmother's voice and hands the end of life is known at the beginning.

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today's children are the first generation to grow up in a world that has the power to destroy itself.

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We are now at a point where we must educate our children in what no one knew yesterday, and prepare our schools for what…

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Humanity . . . lies in man's capacity to question the known and imagine the unknown.

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An artist's creative energy is ephemeral as a flower. It blooms and soon dies. No artist is great forever. Personally, I think I reached my peak in 2004 when I shot 'Samaria' and '3-Iron'.

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When you're being truly creative, time stands still, and you enter a dimension that can carry you beyond the ordinariness of everyday life.

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Money is only used for two things. One, it's to make you comfortable, and the more comfortable you are the more creative you will…

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Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be creative; that one must be cantankerous and objectionable in order to be bright; that ego is paramount over skill; that one can rise to a level from which one can tell the reader to go to hell. These myths, if…

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I can't let fear kill my creative brain. Fear is the killer. Your bad choices come from fear. And I'm constantly combating fear. I'm one of the most fearful people, which may be why I'm so sensitive about it. I combat fear, constantly. So, when something like this happens, it only makes us stronger, but it reminds you that your…

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Many humanists have argued that happiness involves a combination of hedonism and creative moral development; that an exuberant life fuses excellence and enjoyment, meaning…

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The creative strength is good enough and deep enough to bring itself to flower and to grow in spite of this sickness.

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Anytime I get the chance to sing or work with Michael John, it is such an incredibly fertile and incredibly creative and safe and…

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What Sri Chinmoy does is God-given! He has a tremendous, a fantastic creative urge.

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Majority decisions tend to be made without engaging the systematic thought and critical thinking skills of the individuals in the group. Given the force of the group's normative power to shape the opinions of the followers who conform without thinking things through, they are often taken at face value. The persistent minority forces the others to process the relevant information…

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