We can only connect the dots that we collect. Amanda Palmer
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Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things. And the reason they… Continue reading Untitled
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A good story doesn’t feel like an illusion. What it feels like is life. Literally. A recent brain-imaging study … Reveals that the regions of they brain that processes the sights, sounds, tastes, and movement of real life are activated when we’re engrossed in a compelling narrative. Lisa Cron, Wired For Story
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Story…was crucial to our evolution—-more so than opposable thumbs. Opposable thumbs let us hang on; story told us what to hang on to. Lisa Cron, Wired For Story
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You have to finish things – that’s what you learn from, you learn by finishing things. Neil Gaiman
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Originality depends on new and striking combinations of ideas. It is obvious therefore that the more a man knows the greater scope he has for arriving at striking combinations. Rosamund Harding
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The habit of mind which leads to a search for relationships between facts becomes of the highest importance in the production of ideas. James Webb Young
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To create anything … is to believe, if only momentarily, you are capable of magic Tom Bissell
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You can’t use up creativity. The more you use it, the more you have. Maya Angelou
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Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous. Bill Moyers