Reads tagged with “creativity”

How Einstein Thought: Why “Combinatory Play” Is the Secret of Genius

“Combinatory play seems to be the essential feature in productive thought.”

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David Ogilvy’s Timeless Principles of Creative Management

“If you ever find a man who is better than you are — hire him. If necessary, pay him more than you pay yourself.”

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Annie Dillard on What a Stunt Pilot Knows About Impermanence, Creativity, and the Meaning of Life

“Who could breathe, in a world where rhythm itself had no periods?”

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Nabokov on Inspiration and the Six Short Stories Everyone Should Read

“A prefatory glow, not unlike some benign variety of the aura before an epileptic attack, is something the artist learns to perceive very early in life.”

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Original Mad Man David Ogilvy on the 10 Qualities of Creative Leaders

The rare talents of trust, gusto, and guts under pressure.

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BBC’s Rare 1981 Andy Warhol Interview

The iconic artist on happiness, creative process, the allure of repetition, and the importance of going through the world with kindness.

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Beloved Painter and Philosopher Robert Henri on How Art Binds Us Together

“Through art mysterious bonds of understanding and of knowledge are established among men.”

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Kierkegaard on Why Anxiety Powers Creativity Rather Than Hindering It

“Because it is possible to create — creating one’s self, willing to be one’s self… — one has anxiety. One would have no anxiety if there were no possibility whatever.”

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The Secret to Learning Anything: Albert Einstein’s Advice to His Son

“That is the way to learn the most, that when you are doing something with such enjoyment that you don’t notice that the time passes.”

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Conjuring Cohesion and Purpose: How Ursula Nordstrom Cultivated Maurice Sendak’s Genius

“That is the creative artist — a penalty of the creative artist — wanting to make order out of chaos.”

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Reads tagged with “creativity”

“Combinatory play seems to be the essential feature in productive thought.”

“If you ever find a man who is better than you are — hire him. If necessary, pay him more than you pay yourself.”

“Who could breathe, in a world where rhythm itself had no periods?”

“A prefatory glow, not unlike some benign variety of the aura before an epileptic attack, is something the artist learns to perceive very early in life.”

The rare talents of trust, gusto, and guts under pressure.

The iconic artist on happiness, creative process, the allure of repetition, and the importance of going through the world with kindness.

“Through art mysterious bonds of understanding and of knowledge are established among men.”

“Because it is possible to create — creating one’s self, willing to be one’s self… — one has anxiety. One would have no anxiety if there were no possibility whatever.”

“That is the way to learn the most, that when you are doing something with such enjoyment that you don’t notice that the time passes.”

“That is the creative artist — a penalty of the creative artist — wanting to make order out of chaos.”

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