Creativity
the art of creativity
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Creativity
The creative power of misfits
ted.comThere is nothing weaker than a painting that tries too hard. Do what comes easily. When it stops being fun, you’re doomed. If a painting sucks, I quit.
I put everything down and I go take a walk, or go eat at a diner, or meet up with friends, or go to a movie or the Met—whatever. And I’ll know when it's time to go back to work. It will make itself... See more
I put everything down and I go take a walk, or go eat at a diner, or meet up with friends, or go to a movie or the Met—whatever. And I’ll know when it's time to go back to work. It will make itself... See more
In the words of neuroscientist Gregory Berns, “only when you consciously confront your brain’s reliance on categories will you be able to imagine outside of its boundaries.” Venturing out of the mind’s perimeter of comfort, in a constant quest for the unknown, liminal creators keep on fueling their imagination by exploring the gray areas that live... See more
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • Liminal Creativity
We value creative people and funny people so highly in society because creativity and being funny are two things that cannot be faked. You can fake smart, you can fake rich, you can fake confident, you can fake nice, but you can’t fake creativity and you can't fake funny
Dylan O'Sullivanx.comI don’t know.
The reason I don’t know is because I wouldn’t have thought that there would have been maps on it five years ago. But something comes along, gets really popular, people love it, get used to it, you want it on there. People are inventing things constantly and I think the art of it is balancing what’s on there and what’s not — it’s the editing function.
That right there is the recipe for genuine innovation:
Embrace uncertainty and the fact one doesn’t know the future.
Understand that people are inventing things — and not just technologies, but also use cases — constantly.
Remember that the art comes in editing after the invention, not before.
the internet era of culture is a contest between the old model of top-down elite tastemakers telling you what's good and the new numbers-driven viral creator ecosystem in which algorithmic feeds tell you what you like
Kyle Chaykatwitter.com