The inconsistency of genius is a consistent theme of creativity.

there simply is no way to describe the past without lying. Our memories are not like fiction. They are fiction.

The best way to solve a problem? Try explaining it to somebody outside your field.

To have a style is to be stuck.

Creativity shouldn't be seen as something otherworldly. It shouldn't be thought of as a process reserved for artists and inventors and other 'creative types.' The human mind, after all, has the creative impulse built into its operating system, hard-wired into its most essential programming code. At any given moment, the brain is automatically forming new associations, continually connecting an everyday x to an unexpected y.

While human nature largely determines how we hear the notes, it is nurture that lets us hear the music.

Creativity is a catchall term for a variety of distinct thought processes.