“Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation) there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred.”
W. H. Murray
“I don’t intend to build in order to have clients. I intend to have clients in order to build.”
— Ayn Rand Primary source“A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.”
— Ayn Rand Primary source“I simply experiment, an endless seeker, with no Past at my back.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“Peace of mind is the most important prerequisite for creative work.”
— Richard Feynman Secondary source“The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.”
— Steve Jobs Primary source“But genius always looks forward. The eyes of man are set in his forehead, not in his hindhead. Man hopes. Genius creates. To create—to create—is the proof of a divine presence.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“There’s actually very little distinction between an artist and a scientist or engineer of the highest calibre.”
— Steve Jobs Primary source“The imitator dooms himself to hopeless mediocrity.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“I must Create a System, or be enslav’d by another Mans
I will not Reason & Compare: my business is to Create”
“The division of labor, which has brought such perfection in mechanical industries, is altogether fatal when applied to productions of the mind. All work of the mind is superior in proportion as the mind that produces it is universal.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte Disputed“Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt Primary sourceAchievement Genius Imitation Originality Experiments