The one who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The one who walks alone, is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.
Albert Einstein
A German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics.
The aspects of things that are most important for us are hidden because of their simplicity and familiarity. One is unable to notice something because it is always before one’s eyes.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
An Austrian-British philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics and the philosophy of mind. He is considered by some to be the greatest philosopher of the 20th century.
Curiosity
Familiarity
Inspiration
Simplicity
Without creativity, it would be difficult indeed to distinguish humans from apes.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
A Hungarian-American psychologist. He recognized and named the psychological concept of "flow", a highly focused mental state conducive to productivity.
Creativity
Sometimes a tree can tell you more than can be read in a book.
Carl Jung
A Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. Jung's work has been influential in the fields of psychiatry, anthropology, archaeology, literature, philosophy, psychology, and religious studies.
Creativity
Curiosity
Inspiration
Creativity cannot be understood by looking only at the people who appear to make it happen. Many discoveries would be inconceivable without the prior knowledge, without the intellectual and social network that stimulated creative thinking, and without the social mechanisms that recognized and spread the innovations.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
A Hungarian-American psychologist. He recognized and named the psychological concept of "flow", a highly focused mental state conducive to productivity.