The Secret to Creativity: Dylan’s Like a Rolling Stone. Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Bell’s telephone. Pythagoras’ theorem. How did they come up with such unique, profound ideas? Well, there’s an answer, and it’s probably not what you think. Steve Jobs said creativity is “just connecting things.” Salvador Dali said “those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.”Picasso said “good artists copy but great artists steal.” Mark Twain said “all ideas are second-hand, consciously and unconsciously drawn from a million outside sources.” No magnificent product of the imagination— whether a machine, painting, or philosophy— was created in a complete vacuum. The invention of the telegraph took the efforts of a thousand, but the last man, who added that final inspired touch, got the credit. When you start viewing creativity as a process of combination, and imagination as the ability to connect, stretch, and merge things in new ways, creative brilliance becomes less mystifying. A creative genius is just better at connecting the dots than others are. Patrick, Sean (2013-04-09). Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century
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