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Imagine: How Creativity Works

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Jonah Lehrer
Jonah Lehrer

Jonah Lehrer is an American author known for his insightful exploration of the brain, psychology, and culture. His work delves into the mysteries of human thought and creativity, examining how these concepts shape our daily lives. more

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“Menguraikan misteri ibarat mencari sebuah ruang dalam gedung kuno yang mahabesar. Gedung kuno yang sisa-sisa kemegahannya masih tampak, tanpa pemilik, dan ada sebuah ruang di dalamnya yang konon digunakan untuk menyimpan berbagai jejak kehidupan yang dijemput maut: pedang, pistol, tali tambang untuk gantung diri, tengkorak dan tulang-belulang, juga bau anyir darah. Begitu banyak ruang di gedung itu, tapi kunci-kuncinya berhamburan, bahkan ada yang hilang. Ia tak tahu ruang mana yang harus dibuka, bahkan tak tahu di mana akan menemukan kunci untuk membuka ruang yang tepat.”

“There are always messages, even enigmas to be searched, mysteries to be solved in all of my books. I like to puzzle readers, but I do not make so to the point of being so complex that they will lose interest in the plot. And that for me is the essence of every great literature around the world, and that’s been so for ages. (....)Some were inpired by real life characters, some other books I wrote are hybrid fiction/non-fiction, so I pretty much get inspired by people who have lived, and even who are still breathing among us… so don’t get discouraged if I didn’t mention your personality traits yet. I might even have your name over my books, I must some day…”

“If you wish to learn from the theoretical physicist anything about the methods which he uses, I would give you the following piece of advice: Don't listen to his words, examine his achievements. For to the discoverer in that field, the constructions of his imagination appear so necessary and so natural that he is apt to treat them not as the creations of his thoughts but as given realities.”