The fact that a consistendy highly creative person is generally irresponsible in the sense that we have used this term is in part predictable from what is known about the freewheeling fantasies of very young children.

You want to dig your well where you have the best chance of finding water with the least amount of digging

Creative people tend to pass the responsibility for getting down to brass tacks to others.

Anything in excess is a poison.

People don’t want to buy a quarter-inch drill. They want to buy a quarter-inch hole!

Nothing drives progress like the imagination. The idea precedes the deed. The only exceptions are accidents and natural selection.

Organizations, by their very nature are designed to promote order and routine. They are inhospitable environments for innovation.