It is easier to tone down a wild idea than to think up a new one.

It is easier to tone down a wild idea than to think up a new one.

Each of us has an Aladdin's Lamp which psychologists call creative imagination.

Reading supplies bread for imagination to feed on and bones for it to chew on.

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom while discouragement often nips it at the bud. Creativity is now something we can turn on and off like a faucet. It is an experience and expression in our lives that must be nurtured. This nurturing process means that creativity is at once a skill, an art, and a life-style.

Whatever creative success I gained was due to my belief that creative power can be stepped up by effort, and that there are ways in which we can guide our creative thinking.

If you go fishing you may not catch any fish. If you don't go fishing, you'll never catch any fish.