Once a new idea springs into existence, it cannot be unthought. There is a sense of immortality in a new idea.

Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.

A question is a polite way of demanding something.

The winner is the chef who takes the same ingredients as everyone else and produces the best results.

It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it is a more significant process of mind than reason. Reason can only sort out perceptions, but the humor process is involved in changing them.

One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at things that no one else has bothered to look at. This simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.

Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone.