Creativity
the art of creativity
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Creativity
I was dead tired of “should-ing” myself into productivity and overriding my own creative impulse and rhythm.
Martina Gobec • Everything you want is on the other side of “should.”
the death of should
Milton Glaser’s words resonate: “There’s no such thing as a creative type. As if creativity is a verb, a very time-consuming verb. It’s about taking an idea in your head, and transforming that idea into something real. And that’s always going to be a long and difficult process. If you’re doing it right, it’s going to feel like work.” As impactful... See more
Nielsen • Design Thinking 101
Highly creative people are usually absent-minded, as their brains spend most of the time connecting dots that seem to have no connection.
You may think that if your studio is tidy, it will free you up to be more efficient, and therefore, you will produce more. Maybe that will help you in the execution stage of your work if you’re, say, a printmaker pulling prints, but it won’t help you come up with an interesting design for the next print. It’s always a mistake to equate productivity
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Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things. And the reason they were able to do that... See more
Steve Jobs • Steve Jobs on Creativity
on the concept of Combinatory Play