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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
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

A Hungarian-American psychologist. He recognized and named the psychological concept of "flow", a highly focused mental state conducive to productivity.

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It’s no secret that inspiration has a will of its own

It’s no secret that inspiration has a will of its own.

It always seems to hit us at the most awkward possible time, often right when we’re in the middle of something. We must be willing to surrender to inspiration when it comes calling. That might mean dropping what we’re doing and changing plans at the last minute.

Source: Do Design: Why Beauty is Key to Everything (Book) by Alan Moore

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It is easier to enhance creativity by changing conditions in the environment than by trying to make people think more creatively.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

A Hungarian-American psychologist. He recognized and named the psychological concept of "flow", a highly focused mental state conducive to productivity.

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Sometimes a tree can tell you more than can be read in a book.

Carl Jung
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.

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If I had an hour to solve a problem I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and five minutes thinking about solutions.

Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein

A German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics.

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The fight is here. I need ammunition, not a ride.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Volodymyr Zelenskyy

A Ukrainian politician, former actor and comedian, who is the sixth and current president of Ukraine. 

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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
Albert Einstein

A German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics.

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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
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.

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It is a known condition that when you begin to pay attention to something you have never really looked at before you will begin to see it everywhere. You eventually begin to feel as if the thing is out to find you, instead of the other way around.

Keri Smith
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.

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Our perception of things can be altered simply be the angle we choose to look at something.

Keri Smith
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.

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