everything is a remix

creativity is defined by the uniqueness and appeal of the combination of elements

Remixable Software - Guest Post

It also helps to travel in topic space. You'll have more new ideas if you explore lots of different topics, partly because it gives the angle grinder more surface area to work on, and partly because analogies are an especially fruitful source of new ideas.

Paul Graham • How to Do Great Work

sari

When something fits into a lucid, logical continuum, it’s generally remembered for how it (a) reinterprets the entity that influenced its creation, and (b) provides influence for whatever comes next.