My writing process, such as it is, consists of a lot of noodling, procrastinating, dawdling, and avoiding.
Think outside the box? Indeed. But to add balance to that, one should not in the process forget what the inside of the box looks like as well. Those who are best at thinking outside the box do it not to puff themselves up, but to see how small they r...
Majority decisions tend to be made without engaging the systematic thought and critical thinking skills of the individuals in the group. Given the force of the group's normative power to shape the opinions of the followers who conform without thinkin...
Where do I come from? We are the children of the Great Explosion of Love that begot the whole Universe. We bear a common lineage that unites us in its interminable matrix, that is manifested in all of the different and infinite dimensions, allowing u...
I am firmly convinced to-day that, generally speaking, it is in youth that men lay the essential groundwork of their creative thought, wherever that creative thought exists. I make a distinction between the wisdom of age- which can only arise from th...
Given the freedom to create, everybody is creative. All of us have an innate, instinctive desire to change our environment, to put our original stamp on this world, to tell a story never told before. I’m absolutely thrilled at the moment of creativ...
Sir Ken Robinson’s 2008 talk on educational reform—entitled “Do Schools Kill Creativity?”—has now been viewed more than 4 million times. In it Robinson cites the fact that children’s scores on standard tests of creativity decline as they ...
Healing is a biological process, not an art. It is as much a function of the living organism as respiration, digestion, circulation, excretion, cell proliferation, or nerve activity. It is a ceaseless process, as constant as the turning of the earth ...
Wolsey always said that the making of a treaty is the treaty. It doesn't matter what the terms are, just that there are terms. It's the goodwill that matters. When that runs out, the treaty is broken, whatever the terms say. It is the processions tha...
Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.
Praise is the portal to the presence of God.
You can't force creatives into a box. If you try, they'll no longer be creative. And no one will want your box.
Against the ruin of the world, there is only one defense: The creative act.
Like most creative people I don't fit well into boxes.
The desire to be rewarded for one's creativity does not justify depriving the world in general of all or part of that creativity.
Creative genius is a divinely bestowed gift which is the coronation of the few.
But if you think you aren't creative that's cool, too. I think being around people who aren't creative is kind of refreshing and nice.
Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level.
My creative side is identifying all these great entrepreneurial creative people that come up with great ideas, whether they are in fashion or technology or a new tool to improve ourselves.
Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.
Creativity seldom thrives in an atmosphere of great discipline or scrutiny. That's one reason we tend not to want our leaders to get too creative.
