Creativity Quotes

Where does inspiration come from? These quotes explore the mysterious process of making something new.

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"Your limitations define your innovation."
John Carmack
"I always try to create something new, even if it might fail."
Shigeru Miyamoto
"The best ideas come from the simplest concepts."
Shigeru Miyamoto
"The best innovation comes from constraint."
Shigeru Miyamoto
"Creativity thrives when you break the rules."
Shigeru Miyamoto
"I am always searching for new ways to surprise the player."
Shigeru Miyamoto
"Great design solves problems people didn't know they had."
Shigeru Miyamoto
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"Creativity is the most important human resource of all."
Nolan Bushnell
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"Innovation is born from curiosity."
Nolan Bushnell
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"The best ideas come when you're not looking for them."
Nolan Bushnell
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"The world needs more innovators and fewer imitators."
Nolan Bushnell
"I wanted to write code that was as close to the hardware as possible while remaining elegant."
Bjarne Stroustrup
"When you don't create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than ability."
Bjarne Stroustrup
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"Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard."
John Carmack
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"Limitations breed creativity; constraints force excellence."
John Carmack
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"The measure of a good design is how easily it can be changed without breaking what came before."
Barbara Liskov
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"Good design should make the correct solution obvious and the incorrect solution impossible."
Barbara Liskov
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"When you find yourself writing the same pattern three times, that is the universe telling you something."
Barbara Liskov
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"A well-designed API is one that makes the happy path obvious and the edge cases manageable."
Barbara Liskov
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"The most important skill in programming is the ability to think clearly about fuzzy problems."
Barbara Liskov
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"Programming is about finding the right level of abstraction for the problem at hand."
Barbara Liskov
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"The most important thing in game design is fun. If it's not fun, nothing else matters."
Ralph Baer
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"Innovation happens when you question what everyone assumes is impossible."
Ralph Baer
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"The best ideas often come from outside your field of expertise."
Ralph Baer
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"Your childhood imagination is your greatest asset as an innovator."
Ralph Baer
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"The most creative solutions come from constraint, not abundance."
Ralph Baer
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"The world needs what only you can create."
Ralph Baer
"I think of my work as play, and I think of play as work."
Donald Knuth
"I would rather write programs to write programs than write programs."
Donald Knuth
"I think the real problem is that programming requires a kind of thinking that is both algorithmic and creative."
Donald Knuth