Creativity Quotes
Where does inspiration come from? These quotes explore the mysterious process of making something new.
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"The mind that can visualize impossible structures is the mind that can bring them into being."August Kekulé
"Innovation springs not from knowing more than others, but from seeing differently than they do."August Kekulé
"Innovation requires us to hold two contradictory ideas at once and remain comfortable in that tension."August Kekulé
"To see a pattern no one else has seen is to stand at the threshold of discovery."August Kekulé
"The researcher must be both romantic and rigorous - imaginative yet precise."Amedeo Avogadro
"The investigation of atomic structure demands both precision and imagination."Gilbert Lewis
"The electron configuration of an atom is like the fingerprint of its personality."Gilbert Lewis
"The mind of a chemist must be both rigorously logical and imaginatively free."Gilbert Lewis
"To advance in chemistry, one must marry mathematical precision with chemical intuition."Gilbert Lewis
"To advance chemistry, one must be willing to see old things with new eyes."Gilbert Lewis
"The scientist who ceases to wonder has already ceased to be a scientist."Jacques Charles
"To create is to understand the very essence of existence."Jacques Charles
"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk."Dmitri Mendeleev
"Creativity is the spark of genius."Dmitri Mendeleev
"Scientific progress demands both imagination and rigorous methodology."Friedrich Wöhler
"Creativity in science is the marriage of imagination and evidence."Friedrich Wöhler
"The mind that is creative knows no limits."Friedrich Wöhler
"To create is to understand; to understand is to create."Friedrich Wöhler
"Creativity is intelligence having fun."Antoine Lavoisier
"Curiosity is as natural to man as hunger."Robert Boyle
"The best discoveries come when we stop looking for what we expect to find."Robert Boyle
"The mind that opens to a new idea never returns to its original dimensions."Robert Boyle
"What we create in our minds becomes manifest in the world."Robert Boyle
"The greatest discoveries come from asking fundamental questions."John Dalton
"The greatest scientific achievements follow from asking simple questions."John Dalton
"I achieved an insight at night. On waking, I immediately set about working out the dream."August Kekulé
"The circular form appeared to me in meditation, as if whispered by some inner voice."August Kekulé
"The circular structure revealed itself to me as naturally as a flower blooms."August Kekulé
"Innovation requires both imagination and discipline."Gilbert Lewis
"Imagination is the catalyst for scientific breakthrough."Gilbert Lewis