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But the right tool in the right hand might be the very thing that whispers to that artist. “Hey, what about this?” A dollop of permission.
Craig Mod • Conjuring Creative Permission From Our Tools
It’s helpful to remember that when you throw away an old playbook, you still get to keep the skills you learned along the way. These hard-earned abilities transcend rules. They’re yours to keep. Imagine what can arise when you overlay an entirely new set of materials and instructions over your accumulated expertise.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being: The Sunday Times bestseller
the virtuous circle rules: honing the skill improves mental representation, and mental representation helps hone the skill.
Anders Ericsson, Robert Pool • Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
His ability to combine art, science, technology, the humanities, and imagination remains an enduring recipe for creativity.
Walter Isaacson • Leonardo da Vinci
“CREATIVITY IS AN INFINITE RESOURCE. THE MORE YOU SPEND, THE MORE YOU HAVE.” This was Chase paraphrasing a quote from Maya Angelou and discussing how creativity and meditation are similar.
Ferriss, Timothy • Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
creativity is a life amplifier.
Chase Jarvis • Creative Calling: Establish a Daily Practice, Infuse Your World with Meaning, and Succeed in Work + Life
The noted neurologist and author Oliver Sacks had this to say about originality, in his essay “Prodigies” from the book An Anthropologist on Mars: Creativity, as usually understood, entails not only a “what,” a talent, but a “who”—strong personal characteristics, a strong identity, personal sensibility, a personal style, which flow into the talent,
... See moreHaruki Murakami • Novelist as a Vocation: The master storyteller on writing and creativity
Because play is often about breaking rules and experimenting with new conventions, it turns out to be the seedbed for many innovations that ultimately develop into much sturdier and more significant forms.
Steven Johnson • Wonderland
