“Creativity arises out of the tension between spontaneity and limitations, the latter (like the river banks) forcing the spontaneity into the various forms which are essential to the work of art or poem.” Rollo May
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The Meaning of Life – Bradbury
“Life is ‘trying things to see if they work.’” Ray Bradbury
Children and Creativity – Picasso
“All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” Pablo Picasso
Chaos and Creativity – Nietzche
“You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star.” Nietzche
Crazy Thinking – Bohr
“Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.” Neils Bohr
Creativity and Salvation – Martin Luther King
“Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.” Martin Luther King Jr.
Ideas – Pauling
“The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.” Linus Pauling
Imagination – Thoreau
“The world is but a canvas to the imagination.” Henry David Thoreau
Creativity and Skeptcism – Sagan
“It is the tension between creativity and skepticism that has produced the stunning and unexpected findings of science.” Carl Sagan
Constant Learning – Koestler
“Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.” Arthur Koestler
