Creativity Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

“The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original size.”

Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Even a dog knows the difference between being kicked and being stumbled over.

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The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving.

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A man's mind stretched by a new idea can never go back to its original dimensions.

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To brag little - to show well - to crow gently, if in luck - to pay up, to own up, and to shut…

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Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the…

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Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them.

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When men have realized that time has upset many fighting faiths, they may come to believe... that the ultimate good desired is better reached…

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Don't be consistent but be simple true.

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That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you.

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A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.

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You don't get lucky. You create lucky.

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“You are the end of beauty and creativity one must have created so far.”

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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.

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“I believe in magic. As a writer, I create them on blank paper.”

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