“Innovators have to be open. They have to be able to imagine things that others cannot and be willing to challenge their own preconceptions. They also need to be conscientious. An innovator who has brilliant ideas but lacks the discipline and persistence to carry them out is merely a dreamer ... But crucially, innovators need to be disagreeable ... They are people willing to take social risks-to do things that others might disapprove of.” PeopleNeedsIdeasMightAbleSocialChallengesCreativityImagineRiskDesignWillingDisciplineBrilliantPersistenceDreamerInnovatorsBrilliant IdeasDisagreeablePreconceptions Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“Even without comparing ourselves to the world's greatest, we set such high standards for ourselves that neither we nor anyone else could ever meet them-and nothing is more destructive to creativity than this. We fail to realize that mastery is not about perfection. It's about a process, a journey. The master is the one who stays on the path day after day, year after year. The master is the one who is willing to try, and fail, and try again, for as long as he or she lives.” WorldTryingYearsLongProcessRealizingCreativityPathFailingJourneyWillingMastersStandardsPerfectionCompareDestructiveMasteryTry AgainHigh StandardsWilling To Try Book:Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment Source: Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment
“To be fertile in hypotheses is the first perquisite of creativity and to be willing to throw them away the moment experience contradicts them is the next.” FirstsMomentsNextCreativityWillingHypothesisFertile Author:William James
“There is nothing superstitious about forcing bad consequences for the hubris of paternalistic utopianism. Humanity should never be frozen into a vision of the best. A creative society must be willing to tolerate some degree of instability because creativity is inherently unstable.” ShouldHumanityVisionCreativityCreativeWillingDegreesConsequenceTolerateFrozenUnstableSuperstitiousInstabilityHubris Author:Rebecca Goldstein
“Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.” IfsPassionForceCreativityCreativeRiskWillingPassionateLive With PassionPassion For Work Author:Yo-Yo Ma
“Art never responds to the wish to make it democratic; it is not for everybody; it is only for those who are willing to undergo the effort needed to understand it.” ArtWishEffortCreativityWillingNeededDemocratic Book:Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose Source: Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose