...new Ideas Are Merely Several Old Thoughts

While Human Nature Largely Determines How We Hear The Notes, It Is Nurture That Lets Us Hear The Music.

Knowledge Can Be A Subtle Curse. When We Learn About The World, We Also Learn All The Reasons Why The World Cannot Be Changed. We Get Used To Our Failures And Imperfections. We Become Numb To The Possibilities Of Something New

In Fact, The Only Way To Remain Creative Over Time--to Not Be Undone By Our Expertise--is To Experiment With Ignorance, To Stare At Things We Don't Fully Understand.

It Doesn't Matter If People Are Playing Jazz Or Writing Poetry. If They Want To Be Successful, They Need To Learn How To Persist And Persevere And Keep On Working Until The Work Is Done... I Bet There Isn't A Single Highly Successful Person Who Has Not Depended On Grit. Nobody Is Talented Enough To Not Have To Work Hard, And That's What Grit Allows You To Do.

Children Can't Help But Create: They Need To Put Their Mind On The Page, They Want To Paint, To Sculpt, To Write Short Stories.