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Language is…

Rick van der Wal — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:26:50 +0000

Language is the means of getting an idea from my brain into yours without surgery.

Pretty Discoveries by Pablo Picasso

Martin in't Veld — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:33:51 +0000

When you begin a picture, you often make some pretty discoveries. You must be on guard against these. Destroy the thing, do it over several times. In each destroying of a beautiful discovery the artist does not really suppress it, but rather transforms it, condenses it, makes it more substantial.

A person with a belief

Martin in't Veld — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:47:39 +0000

One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests.

The internet age rewards creativity

Rick van der Wal — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:49:29 +0000

When almost any fact, no matter how obscure, can be dug up within seconds through Google and Wikipedia, there is less value attached to the “mere” storage and retrieval of knowledge. What becomes important is how you use it – the internet age rewards creativity.

Creativity overcomes everything

Martin in't Veld — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:47:39 +0000

Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality, overcomes everything.

Stimulants to creativeness

Rick van der Wal — Wed, 27 May 2009 11:35:20 +0000

One must not lose desires.They are mighty stimulants to creativeness, to love, and to long life.

Opposition from mediocre minds

Martin in't Veld — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:32:30 +0000

Great Ideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Left Brain or Right Brain

Rick van der Wal — Fri, 22 May 2009 10:28:04 +0000

We’ve all been accused of being ‘left brained’ or ‘right brained’ at times, depending on who we disagree with.

Systematically create confusion

Rick van der Wal — Tue, 19 May 2009 18:49:11 +0000

You have to systematically create confusion, it sets creativity free. Everything that is contradictory creates life.

The greatest danger

Risha Pradkin — Fri, 01 May 2009 09:59:51 +0000

The greatest danger
For most of us
Is not that our aim is
Too high And we miss it,
But that it is
Too low And we reach it.