“The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.”
—Carl Jung
“The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.” —Carl Jung
The most creative (when in this mood) as being childlike. For they were able to play with ideas… to explore them… not for any immediate practical purpose but just for enjoyment. Play for its own sake.
JamesClear.com • "Creativity in Management"
Prashanth Narayan added
Play is the work of the child and it is also the work of the artist.
Austin Kleon • Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad (Austin Kleon)
Lael Johnson and added
Creativity is intelligence having fun.
Rhiannon Beaubien • The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts
Lael Johnson and added
To create one must be able to respond. Creativity is the ability to respond to all that goes on around us, to choose from the hundreds of possibilities of thought, feeling, action, and reaction that arise within us, and to put these together in a unique response, expression, or message that carries moment, passion, and meaning.
Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés • Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
“People don’t have ideas. Ideas have people.” – Trung Phan quoting Carl Jung. This is the greatest explanation for memes
Jim O'Shaughnessy • Smart Threads and Dumb Memes | Trung Phan on Infinite Loops with Jim O’Shaughnessy • Podcast Notes
sari added
Creativity is born of limitations, not freedom
Kieran O‘Hare • Following the ‘White-hot Fire Inside of You’
Britt Gage added
Great creative minds] think like artists but work like accountants.”