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“You may think you don't have talents, but that is a false assumption, for we all have talents and gifts, every one of us. The bounds of creativity extend far beyond the limits of a canvas or a sheet of paper and do not require a brush, a pen, or the keys of a piano. Creation means bringing into existence something that did not exist before-colorful gardens, harmonious homes, family memories, flowing laughter.”

“Memory and creativity are essential to education, but if you teach memory incorrectly, it is a total waste of time, and it will inhibit learning.”

Ifs Memories Teach Creativity Essentials Waste Wasting Time

Author:Tony Buzan

“Creativity comes from the part of the brain that is veritable soup of experiences, memories and influences. We really don't like to start questioning exactly where it comes from, in case it stops coming.”

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Author:Rhianna Pratchett

“The human brain had a vast memory storage. It made us curious and very creative. Those were the characteristics that gave us an advantage - curiosity, creativity and memory. And that brain did something very special. It invented an idea called 'the future.'”

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Author:David Suzuki

“Creativity is suspended between memory and forgetting.”

Memories Forget Creativity Suspended

Author:Jorge Luis Borges

“The most important thing you can do individually and organizationally is to pay attention to your own creativity. Sports psychologists call this muscle memory or paying attention to your perfect performance. In your own life you can notice when you do something that works right for you and celebrate it. The more you do this, the greater the probability that you will act creatively in future situations.”

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Author:Michael Ray

“A theory of creativity is actually just a metaphor. A pool of ideas, a well of memories, a voice.”

Wells Ideas Voice Memories Creativity Theory Metaphor Pool

Book:13 Ways of Looking at the Novel

Source: 13 Ways of Looking at the Novel

“I wonder if I don't give too much of myself to writing: I am always half where I am; the other half is feeding the furnace, kick-starting the heat of creativity. I am making love with someone but at the same time I'm noticing how this graceful hand across my belly might just fit in with the memory of lilacs in Albuquerque in 1974.”

Source: Thunder and Lightning: Cracking Open the Writer’s Craft

“Because IQ tests favor memory skills and logic, overlooking artistic creativity, insight, resiliency, emotional reserves, sensory gifts, and life experience, they can't really predict success, let alone satisfaction.”

Memories Creativity Emotional Skills Tests Logic Satisfaction Insight Favors Artistic Life Experience Reserves Sensory Resiliency Overlooking Artistic Creativity

Author:Diane Ackerman