Knowledge can be a subtle curse. When we learn about the world, we also learn all the reasons why the world cannot be changed. We get used to our failures and imperfections. We become numb to the possibilities of something new

People assume that they perceive reality as it is, that our senses accurately record the outside world. Yet the science suggests that, in important ways, people experience reality not as it is, but as they expect it to be.

The imagination is unleashed by constraints. You break out of the box by stepping into shackles.

Creativity is not a trait that we inherit in our genes or a blessing bestowed by the angels. It's a skill.

The one reality science cannot reduce is the only reality we will ever know.

It is ironic but true: the one reality science cannot reduce is the only reality we will ever know. This is why we need art. By expressing our actual experience, the artist reminds us that our science is incomplete, that no map of matter will ever explain the immateriality of our consciousness.

Design is the conscious imposition of meaningful order.