“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 whole difference between construction and creation,” wrote G. K. Chesterton, “is this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.”54
Stephen Nachmanovitch • Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art
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)
Creativity is intelligence having fun.
Rhiannon Beaubien • The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts
Great creative minds] think like artists but work like accountants.”