We need to be willing to risk embarrassment, ask silly questions, surround ourselves with people who don't know what we're talking about. We need to leave behind the safety of our expertise.
Jonah LehrerWhat you discover when you look at creativity from the perspective of the brain is that it is universal. We're all creative all of the time, we can't help but be creative.
Jonah LehrerJust because an idea is true doesn't mean it can be proved. And just because an idea can be proved doesn't mean it's true.
Jonah LehrerThe great ages did not perhaps produce much more talent than ours,' [T.S.] Eliot wrote. 'But less talent was wasted.
Jonah LehrerRejection process is not fun. It's the red pen on the page, the discarded sketch, sometimes is the only way forward.
Jonah Lehrer[It's] troubling because it reminds us how difficult it is to prove anything. We like to pretend that our experiments define the truth for us. But that's often not the case. Just because an idea is true doesn't mean it can be proved. And just because an idea can be proved doesn't mean it's true. When the experiments are done, we still have to choose what to believe.
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