“But the principle of constantly expanding your experience, both personally and vicariously, does matter tremendously in any idea-producing job. Make no mistake about it.”

― James Webb Young, A technique for producing ideas: A simple five step formula for producing ideas

“I am convinced, however that you gather vicarious experience best, not when you are honing up on it for an immediate purpose, but when you are pursuing it as an end in itself.”

― James Webb Young, A technique for producing ideas: A simple five step formula for producing ideas

“We tend to forget that words are, themselves, ideas. They might be called ideas in a state of suspended animation. When the words are mastered the ideas tend to come alive again.”

― James Webb Young, A technique for producing ideas: A simple five step formula for producing ideas