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Creativity Quote by Susan Cain

“Creativity has the power to look pain in the eye, and to decide to turn it into something better.” quote by Susan Cain — Download Open image

““Creativity has the power to look pain in the eye, and to decide to turn it into something better.””

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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.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Creativity is like chasing chickens.

Christoph Niemann

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