A genuinely creative accomplishment is almost never the result of a sudden insight, a lightbulb flashing on in the dark, but comes after years of hard work.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
A Hungarian-American psychologist. He recognized and named the psychological concept of "flow", a highly focused mental state conducive to productivity.
Being Disciplined
Creativity
Focus
Inspiration
The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.
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
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
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
Alexander Graham Bell
A Scottish-born inventor, scientist, and engineer. Credited with inventing the first practical telephone.