“Moments when the original 'poet' in each of us created the outside world for us, by finding the familiar in the unfamiliar, are perhaps forgotten by most people; or else they are guarded in some secret place of memory because they were too much like visitations by the gods to be mixed with everyday thinking.” PeopleThinkingWorldMomentsMemoriesSecretToo MuchPoetFindingsOriginalsEverydayForgottenFamiliarUnfamiliarOutside WorldGuardedVisitationSecret Places Book:The Suppressed Madness of Sane Men: Forty-Four Years of Exploring Psychoanalysis Source: The Suppressed Madness of Sane Men: Forty-Four Years of Exploring Psychoanalysis
“With ordinary men the moments which are united in a close continuity out of the original discrete multiplicity are very few, and the course of their lives resembles a little brook, whereas with the genius it is more like a mighty river into which all the little rivulets flow from afar; that is to say, the universal comprehension of genius vibrates to no experience in which all the individual moments have not been gathered up and stored.” MenLittlesMomentsCoursesIndividualUnitedGeniusOrdinaryFlowRiversUniversalOriginalsContinuityComprehensionBrooksMultiplicityAfarOrdinary ManVibrateDiscrete Book:Sex & Character Source: Sex & Character
“Really, the moment you have any idea, the second thought that enters your mind after the original idea is, "What is this? Is it a book, is it a movie, is it a this, is it a that, is it a short story, is it a breakfast cereal?" Really, from that moment, your decision about what kind of thing it is then determines how it develops.” MindKindBookIdeasMomentsStoriesDecisionOriginalsDetermineThat MomentBreakfastShort StoryCerealOriginal IdeasSecond ThoughtsBreakfast Cereal Author:Douglas Adams
“Some of the best inventive moments are born out of 'wrong thinking'. Most people start with the right way so they all follow the same path. The wrong way will lead to mistakes from which you can learn and create new discoveries-the kind of original ideas that come to life when we dare to be different, keep an open mind, and have no fear of failure.” PeopleThinkingWayMindKindIdeasDifferentMomentsBornMistakePathDiscoveryOriginalsDareRight WayNo FearFear Of FailureOpen MindWrong WayHave No FearOriginal IdeasNew DiscoveriesKeep An Open MindDare To Be DifferentWrong Thinking Author:James Dyson
“Poetry is a tree with very deep roots and while there may be excitement about this or that new little branch, you're not going to make anything original by just doing whatever's being rewarded at the moment.” MayLittlesMomentsTreeRootsOriginalsExcitementBranchesPoetry IsVery DeepDeep Roots Author:Joan Larkin