Compiled by Reimagineart (with a nod to David Letterman)
10. “It’s not what you look at that matters, it is what you see.” Henry David Thoreau ~ Author
9. “It is easier to tone down a wild idea than to think up a new one.” Alex Osborne ~ Advertising executive and developer of the ‘brainstorming’ technique
8. “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet discover and create.” Albert Einstein ~ German theoretical physicist
7. “Most people are much more unusual and complicated and eccentric and playful and creative than they have time to express.” Oliver Herring ~ Experimental artist
6. “Use those talents you have. You will make it. You will give joy to the world. Take this tip from nature: the woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except those who sang best.” Bernard Meltzer ~ Radio host
5. “When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.” Cynthia Heimel ~ Humorist
4. “Creativity is a rare part of living. It’s fundamental. None of us can squelch our creativity without feeling less than whole, incomplete and depressed. ” Lynn Weiss ~ PhD, author
3. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” Maya Angelou ~ Writer, actress, dancer, singer
2. “All the woulda-coulda-shouldas layin’ in the sun, talkin’ bout the things they wouda-coulda-shoulda done. But those woulda-coulda-shouldas all ran way and hid from one little did.” Shel Silverstein ~ Poet, cartoonist, author of children’s books
1. “The human mind once stretched by a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.” Oliver Wendell Holmes ~ Poet, physician, essayist
BONUS: “The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get to the office.” Robert Frost ~ Poet
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