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It is easier to tone down a wild idea than to think up a new one.


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Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom!

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom!



Creativity is more than mere imagination. It is imagination inseparably coupled with both intent and effort.

Creativity is more than mere imagination. It is imagination inseparably coupled with both intent and effort.



Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud. Any of us will put out more and better ideas if our efforts are appreciated.

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud. Any of us will put out more and better ideas if our efforts are appreciated.



Each of us has an Aladdin's Lamp which psychologists call creative imagination.

Each of us has an Aladdin's Lamp which psychologists call creative imagination.



If you go fishing you may not catch any fish. If you don't go fishing, you'll never catch any fish.

If you go fishing you may not catch any fish. If you don't go fishing, you'll never catch any fish.



It's much easier to tame a wild idea than invigorate one that has no life in the first place.

It's much easier to tame a wild idea than invigorate one that has no life in the first place.



Whatever creative success I gained was due to my belief that creative power can be stepped up by effort, and that there are ways in which we can guide our creative thinking.

Whatever creative success I gained was due to my belief that creative power can be stepped up by effort, and that there are ways in which we can guide our creative thinking.



Necessity may be mother of invention, but fun is the father.

Necessity may be mother of invention, but fun is the father.



Any of us will put out more and better ideas if our efforts are appreciated.

Any of us will put out more and better ideas if our efforts are appreciated.



As in the piling up of hypothetical alternatives, creative accidents follow the law of probabilities the more we fish, the more likely we are to get a strike.

As in the piling up of hypothetical alternatives, creative accidents follow the law of probabilities the more we fish, the more likely we are to get a strike.





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