Jonah Lehrer Quotes

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world

People ask me, 'Don't you ever run out of ideas?' Well, on the first place, I don't use ideas. Every time I have an idea, it's too limiting and usually turns out to be a disappointment. But I haven't run out of curiosity.

I now know that inspirations must come from everywhere.

I think one of the most important things for creativity is boredom.

But how shall I get ideas? ''Keep your wits open! Observe! Observe! Study! Study! But above all, Think! Think! And when a noble image is indelibly impressed upon the mind - Act!

When something comes to my brain, I don't ignore it. You never know what it's going to turn into.

The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

I've got research, I have my own life experience I can apply, and I have my imagination.

Creativity requires input, and that's what research is. You're gathering material with which to build.

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.

Without imagination we can go nowhere. And imagination is not restricted to the arts. Every scientist I have met who has been a success has had to imagine.

I feel so free and open to ideas, and I get inspired by everything.

You have to really use your imagination to refresh your daily life.

Since new developments are the products of a creative mind, we must therefore stimulate and encourage that type of mind in every way possible.

Learning is the new skill. Imagination, creation and asking new questions are at its core.

Imagination - that's the future for us.

Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.

I don't have the answers. But I am asking the questions, and that's the fun part. I'm like the kid in class with his hand up, going, 'Um...' I think that's a powerful place to create from.

In my own life, I found that whenever I wasn't sure what to do next, I would go and learn a lot, read a lot, talk to experts. I don't know how the human brain works, but it's almost magical: when you read enough or talk to enough experts, when you have enough inputs, new ideas start appearing. This seems to happen for a lot of people that I know.

Education is the basis of creative thought: the ability to go beyond asking why to why not.

The best ideas come out of getting lost.

I am a very curious person, not just about my life in music. I love arts and creativity.

When you're bored, you get creative.

I think a really great creative person is almost by nature incredibly curious and digging deeply into cultures and technologies and getting all this input and using it to make things better - basically, creating better solutions.