Creativity Quotes

"The task is not so much to see what no one has yet seen, but to think what nobody has yet thought."

"If at first an idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it."

"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."

"Creativity is intelligence having fun."

"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."

"Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination."

"We must think beyond the limitations of language."

"Imagination is the beginning of creation."

"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."

"It is the absurd which stimulates and makes them creative."

"The human mind has first to construct forms, independently, before we can find them in things."

"Creation is a miracle; we must always keep that in mind."

"To create mathematics requires both logic and intuition."

"We do not invent mathematics; we discover it."

"Creativity in mathematics mirrors creativity in all human endeavors."

"Creative thinking transcends conventional boundaries."

"When you have a problem with which nobody has dealt before, you can really enjoy yourself."

"The most creative scientists are those willing to question their own assumptions."

"Innovation comes from seeing familiar problems with fresh eyes."

"To do great science, one must be willing to be persistently, productively confused."

"The task is not so much to create what does not exist as to discover what was not known before."

"The greatest scientific discoveries begin with a question, not an answer."

"The task is not so much to see what no one has yet seen, but to think what nobody has yet thought."

"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."

"It is the tension between creativity and skepticism that has produced the stunning and unexpected findings of science."

"Creating mathematics is like creating poetry or music."

"The creative mathematician works from inspiration and insight."

"Creativity flourishes when mathematical constraints are understood."

"Creativity and mathematical rigor are complementary."

"The art of doing mathematics is about asking the right questions."