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.
It is easier to enhance creativity by changing conditions in the environment than by trying to make people think more creatively.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
A Hungarian-American psychologist. He recognized and named the psychological concept of "flow", a highly focused mental state conducive to productivity.
Creativity
Inspiration
Picasso had a saying — ‘good artists copy; great artists steal’ — and we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.
Steve Jobs
A pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s and a co-founder and later a chief executive officer (CEO) of Apple Inc.
Creativity
When we see something that is different than we expect we are forced to develop a new relationship with it, one that asks to question “that which we think we know” or “that which we see”.
Keri Smith
Canadian conceptual artist and author of several bestselling books including How to be an Explorer of the World - The Portable Life/Art Museum.
Curiosity
Inspiration
If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all.
John Cage
An American composer and music theorist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music and one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde.