Quotations on Creativity

“To cease to think creatively is but little different from ceasing to live.” Ben Franklin

"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." Albert Einstein

"Whom the gods wish to destroy they give unlimited resources." Twyla Tharp, The Creative Habit

“If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.” John Cleese

“Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.” Howard Aiken

“I make more mistakes than anyone else I know, and sooner or later, I patent most of them.” Thomas Edison

“Access to talented and creative people is to modern business what access to coal and iron ore was to steelmaking.” Richard Florida

"Whenever I go into a company and don't hear much laughter, I know it's not a creative place." Mike Vane, former dean of Disney University

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead

"The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out." Dee Hock

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