Creativity Quotes
Where does inspiration come from? These quotes explore the mysterious process of making something new.
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"The deepest creativity comes from moving beyond individual ego."Bohm, David
"Creativity in science, as in art, requires a certain degree of irrationality."Dirac, Paul
"New ideas in physics and mathematics are not usually formed through some elaborate process of logical deduction, but rather by an act of the creative imagination."Dirac, Paul
"Innovation in physics comes from asking 'why not' rather than accepting 'that's how it is.'"Dirac, Paul
"The most creative moments come when the mind is free from the constraints of conventional thinking."Dirac, Paul
"True originality in physics comes from seeing the same phenomena as everyone else but thinking differently about them."Dirac, Paul
"Curiosity is the only thing that may be as important as the ability to see things clearly."Feynman, Richard
"I think the principle that I believe is more important than anything else is that the thing that doesn't fit is the thing that's most interesting."Feynman, Richard
"The task is not so much to see what no one has yet seen, but to think what nobody has yet thought about that which everybody sees."Heisenberg, Werner
"An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all."Heisenberg, Werner
"The human mind makes new meanings every day."Heisenberg, Werner
"A physicist is just an atom's way of looking at itself."Schrödinger, Erwin
"The greatest discoveries emerge at the boundaries between disciplines, where new ideas cross-pollinate."Schrödinger, Erwin
"The moment of discovery is when theory and experiment dance together in perfect harmony."Schrödinger, Erwin
"Quantum mechanics reveals that the universe is far more creative than our imagination."Everett, Hugh
"The wave function expansion is the universe's way of being infinitely prolific."Everett, Hugh
"The task is not so much to see what no one has yet seen, but to think what nobody has yet thought about that which everybody sees."Bohr, Niels
"It is the tension between creativity and skepticism that has produced the stunning and unexpected findings of science."Bohr, Niels
"I would say that the task is not so much to see what no one has yet seen, but to think what nobody has yet thought about that which everybody sees."Bohr, Niels
"Every great discovery requires an irrational leap."Bohr, Niels
"The worth of a human being resides in his ability to think and create."Bohr, Niels
"The greatest discoveries come from questioning our assumptions."Bohr, Niels
"The task is not so much to see what no one has yet seen, but to think what nobody has yet thought about that which everybody sees."Dirac, Paul
"Creativity in science comes from questioning your deepest assumptions."Dirac, Paul
"The greatest discoveries come from noticing what doesn't fit the pattern."Dirac, Paul
"One must learn to see the extraordinary in the ordinary."Dirac, Paul
"There is pleasure in recognizing old ideas in a new context."Feynman, Richard
"The pleasure of finding things out is one of the greatest joys."Feynman, Richard
"Creativity is intelligence having fun."Einstein, Albert
"Imagination is the beginning of creation."Einstein, Albert