Quotes on Creative Thought

The 'silly question' is the first intimation of some totally novel development.

A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.

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.

Genius... means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.

You can think about red. You can think about pink. You can think up a horse. Oh, the THINKS you can think!

If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.