If I have not seen as far as others， it is because giants were standing on my shoulders.
—— Hal Abelson
Creativity is allowing oneself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
—— Scott Adams， The Dilbert Principle
Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good， you'll have to ram them down people's throats.
—— Howard Aiken
Most people are more comfortable with old problems than with new solutions.
—— Anonymous
A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn； it can be stabbed to death by a joke or worried to death by a frown on the right person's brow.
—— Charles Brower
I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.
—— John Cage
If you can't sleep， then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you， not the loss of sleep.
—— Dale Carnegie
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
—— Winston Churchill
Live out of your imagination， not your history.
—— Stephen Covey
It is not good enough to have a good mind； the main thing is to use it well.
—— Rene Descartes
Joy is but the sign that creative emotion is fulfilling its purpose.
—— Charles Du Bos
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
—— Albert Einstein
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
—— Albert Einstein
There are no days in life so memorable as those which vibrated to some stroke of the imagination.
—— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time， and still retain the ability to function.
—— F. Scott Fitzgerald
There's a saying among prospectors： “Go out looking for one thing， and that's all you'll ever find.”
—— Robert Flaherty
To die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
—— Anatole France
When a thing has been said and said well， have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
—— Anatole France
Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.
—— Oliver Wendell Holmes
In the sciences， we are now uniquely privileged to sit side by side with the giants on whose shoulders we stand.
—— Gerald Holton
There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world； and that is an idea whose time has come.
—— Victor Hugo
If I have seen farther than others， it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants.
—— Isaac Newton
If everybody is thinking alike， then somebody isn't thinking.
—— George S. Patton， Jr.
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.
—— William Penn
Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.
—— Pablo Picasso
If your daily life seems poor， do not blame it； blame yourself， tell yourself that you are not a poet enough to call forth its riches； for to the creator there is no poverty and no poor indifferent place.
—— Rainer Maria Rilke
Even if you're on the right track， you'll get run over if you just sit there.
—— Will Rogers
Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion， for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
—— Bertrand Russell
The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.
—— Publilius Syrus
Discovery consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else does and thinking something different.
—— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi， 1937 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine
You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
—— Mark Twain
—— Hal Abelson
Creativity is allowing oneself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
—— Scott Adams， The Dilbert Principle
Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good， you'll have to ram them down people's throats.
—— Howard Aiken
Most people are more comfortable with old problems than with new solutions.
—— Anonymous
A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn； it can be stabbed to death by a joke or worried to death by a frown on the right person's brow.
—— Charles Brower
I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.
—— John Cage
If you can't sleep， then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you， not the loss of sleep.
—— Dale Carnegie
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
—— Winston Churchill
Live out of your imagination， not your history.
—— Stephen Covey
It is not good enough to have a good mind； the main thing is to use it well.
—— Rene Descartes
Joy is but the sign that creative emotion is fulfilling its purpose.
—— Charles Du Bos
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
—— Albert Einstein
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
—— Albert Einstein
There are no days in life so memorable as those which vibrated to some stroke of the imagination.
—— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time， and still retain the ability to function.
—— F. Scott Fitzgerald
There's a saying among prospectors： “Go out looking for one thing， and that's all you'll ever find.”
—— Robert Flaherty
To die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
—— Anatole France
When a thing has been said and said well， have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
—— Anatole France
Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.
—— Oliver Wendell Holmes
In the sciences， we are now uniquely privileged to sit side by side with the giants on whose shoulders we stand.
—— Gerald Holton
There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world； and that is an idea whose time has come.
—— Victor Hugo
If I have seen farther than others， it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants.
—— Isaac Newton
If everybody is thinking alike， then somebody isn't thinking.
—— George S. Patton， Jr.
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.
—— William Penn
Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.
—— Pablo Picasso
If your daily life seems poor， do not blame it； blame yourself， tell yourself that you are not a poet enough to call forth its riches； for to the creator there is no poverty and no poor indifferent place.
—— Rainer Maria Rilke
Even if you're on the right track， you'll get run over if you just sit there.
—— Will Rogers
Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion， for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
—— Bertrand Russell
The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.
—— Publilius Syrus
Discovery consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else does and thinking something different.
—— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi， 1937 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine
You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
—— Mark Twain