Most ideas are step-by-step children of other ideas.
It is easier to tone down a wild idea than to think up a new one.
As in the piling up of hypothetical alternatives, creative accidents follow the law of probabilities the more we fish, the more likely we are to get a strike.
Imagination is vital to precautionary judgement.
Observation capitalizes inspiration.
Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud. Any of us will put out more and better ideas if our efforts are appreciated.