Archive | June, 2009

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

Intuition vs. Reason – Einstein

“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.” Albert Einstein

Speculation vs Fact – Einstein

“I think that only daring speculation can lead us further and not accumulation of facts.” Albert Einstein

Problem Solving – Einstein

“You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created.” Albert Einstein