In all the creative work that I have done, what has come first is a problem, a puzzle involving discomfort.
Bertrand RussellCollective wisdom, alas, is no adequate substitute for the intelligence of individuals. Individuals who opposed received opinions have been the source of all progress, both moral and intellectual. They have been unpopular, as was natural.
Bertrand RussellUnless a man has been taught what to do with success after getting it, the achievement of it must inevitably leave him a prey to boredom.
Bertrand Russell