The principal mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.
The principal mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.

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Other Creativity :
- I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking
- To create a work of art, great or small, is work, hard work, and work requires discipline and order.
- The great problem-solvers are the ones who possess the right mind with positivity, critical thinking, creative thinking, and systems thinking.
- Creativity needs a problem, and the creative person needs a purpose.
- Creativity is intelligence having fun.
- But out of limitations comes creativity.
- Humor and paradox are often the only ways to respond to life’s sorrow with grace.
- If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes.
- To stimulate creativity one must develop childlike inclination for play & the childlike desire for recognition.
- A man with wisdom will always have a solution no matter how big his challenges may be. Wisdom makes you a problem solver.
- Creativity is the DNA of innovation, the virus of evolution, the antidote to automation
- Life is a series of puzzles; all you have to do is solve the puzzles.
- Analysis of error begins with analysis of language.
- Spend more time doing things that make you forget about the time.
- Anything creative requires a bit of acting and filling in blanks with imagination.
- The more you have seen, the larger your cognitive map, the more you can imagine.
- There is no fault, only responsibility.
- When we dream, there are no facts. Just imagination!
- Creativity has many dimensions, with multi-faceted truth and myth and manifold knowledge.
- You can disagree with an idea without attacking the person who shared it.