Creativity

“It is…impossible to substitute other people’s work for that of the creators. If Dante and Beethoven had not existed, one would not have been in a position to produce the Divina Commedia or the Ninth Symphony by assigning other men to these tasks. Neither society nor single individuals can substantially further the genius and his work…But, of course, one can organize society in such a way that no room is left for pioneers and their path-breaking.”

-Ludwig von Mises

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“Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced.”

-Alfred North Whitehead

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“When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign; that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.”

-Jonathan Swift

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“Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.”

-Bertrand Russell

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“Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.”

-Arthur Schopenhauer

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“Let no one say that I have said nothing new; the arrangement of the subject is new.”

-Blaise Pascal

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“Dreams are extremely important. You can’t do it unless you imagine it.”

-George Lucas

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