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Quotations: Creativity, imagination

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Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful, or to discover something that is true.
— William Inge,, American playwright (1913-1973)

Imagination is more important than knowledge.
— Albert Einstein, Swiss-American mathematician, physicist and public philosopher (1879-1955)

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour germinates no more.
— Henri Amiel, Swiss author (1821-1881)

It is with the heart that one sees rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
— Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French aviator and author (1900-1944), from The Little Prince

You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created.
— Albert Einstein, Swiss-American mathematician, physicist and public philosopher (1879-1955)

No problem can stand the assault of sustained thinking.
— Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet), French author, wit and philosopher (1694-1778)

Discovery is the ability to be puzzled by simple things.
— Noam Chomsky, American linguist and political activist (b. 1928)

To swear off making mistakes is very easy. All you have to do is swear off having ideas.
— Leo Burnett, American advertising pioneer (1891-1971)

Imagination was given to us to compensate for what we are not; a sense of humor was given to us to console us for what we are.&quot'
— Mack McGinnis

The greatest and most important problems in life are all in a certain sense insoluble. They can never be solved, but only outgrown.
— Carl Jung, Swiss founder of analytical psychology (1875-1961)

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