“Creativity is not a trait that we inherit in our genes or a blessing bestowed by the angels. It's a skill.” CreativityBlessingSkillsAngelGenesTraits Author:Jonah Lehrer
“Writing is done by someone. It is not, like some mythical goddess, a skill that springs forth, full grown from the genes of inspiration.” WritingDoneInspirationSkillsSpringGenesGoddess Author:Leonard Bishop
“You start by copying other people's paintings or music or whatever. You get all of those skills before you branch out. Really creative people have a fantastic ability to copy things and then combine them in new ways. And whether we're talking about genes or memes, recombination is the real heart of creativity.” PeopleWayHeartRealAbilityTalkingCreativityCreativePaintingSkillsFantasticBranchesCopiesGenesNew WaysCreative PeopleCopyingMemesReal Heart Author:Susan Blackmore
“Parents provide their children with genes as well as an environment, so the fact that talkative parents have kids with good language skills could simply mean that and that the same genes that make parents talkative make children articulate.” WellsMeanChildrenFactsKidsLanguageParentTalkingEnvironmentSkillsGenesTalkativeLanguage Skills Author:Steven Pinker
“I think there's no question that Michael Jackson was the foremost entertainer of his generation; perhaps of all time, arguably, taking the skills of a Sammy Davis, Jr., bringing together the street dance of African American urban culture, joining them to the politics of dance, of Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly on that sphere alone.” ThinkingTogetherCultureGenerationsStreetsSkillsAll TimeAfrican AmericanSpheresGenesUrbanEntertainersJoiningSammy DavisSammy Davis Jr Author:Michael Eric Dyson