Willy Ley Quotes

If your mind is at work, we're in danger of reproducing another cliche. If we can keep our minds out of it and our thoughts out of it, maybe we'll come up with something original.

Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity.

Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.

Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties.

An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them.

The moment a man begins to talk about technique that's proof that he is fresh out of ideas.

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

Creativity is a spark. It can be excruciating when we're rubbing two rocks together and getting nothing. And it can be intensely satisfying when the flame catches and a new idea sweeps around the world.

You can't suppress creativity, you can't suppress innovation.

I love to be creative.

To have a great idea, have a lot of them.

The nature of having ideas and creativity is incredibly inspiring.

It is always possible to create something original.

Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found.

The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.

There's no one way to be creative. Any old way will work.

Creativity is what transforms.

Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination.

I mean, the most important thing to me is imagination.

You see, we are not machines and we do not have lots of ideas in a drawer.

Ideas are the root of creation.

Creativity is the answer. I always prefer the creative solution to an expensive solution.

The new idea for me now is creativity. I like to express myself.

I'm always looking for the creative spark. Always.

Of course you can't do anything completely original.