The imagination is unleashed by constraints. You break out of the box by stepping into shackles.
Jonah LehrerCreativity is not a trait that we inherit in our genes or a blessing bestowed by the angels. It's a skill.
Jonah LehrerCities force us to interact with strangers and with the strange. They pry the mind open. And that is why they are the idea that has unleashed so many of our new ideas.
Jonah Lehrer