Bill Watterson Quotes

At school, new ideas are thrust at you every day. Out in the world, you'll have to find your inner motivation to seek for new ideas on your own.

Certainty is a closing of the mind. To create something new you must have doubt.

Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may be the king.

I want to find material that piques my interest, keeps me outside the box and challenges me.

Learning is the new skill. Imagination, creation and asking new questions are at its core.

Children have such vibrant minds. They need to play. They need to be creative. They need to imagine. It's so important for their sense of self discovery. And it helps them learn problem-solving.

The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done.

Sometimes people invent things because they want to stay alive or feed their children or conquer the village next door. But just as often, new ideas come into the world simply because they're fun. And here's the really strange thing: many of those playful but seemingly frivolous inventions ended up sparking momentous transformations in science, in politics and society.

Some people are motivated by a need for recognition, some by money, and some by a broad social goal. I start from a different place: from the love of ideas and the urge to put them into motion and see where they might lead.

I've always been driven, and I like the creative aspect of figuring things out.

Any educated person recognizes that curiosity and creativity aren't just important; they are among the essential human activities.

I'll stop when I run out of ideas.

I always start out with an idea, even a boring idea, that becomes a question I don't have answers to.

If you wish to find, you must search. Rarely does a good idea interrupt you

Asking is the first step in the Creative Process, so make it a habit to ask.

Galileo called doubt the father of invention; it is certainly the pioneer.

If you don't know how it works, find out. If you're not sure if it will work, try it. If it doesn't make sense, play with it until it does. If it's not broken, break it. If it might not be true, find out.

Original thinking migrates each day in search of nourishment.

If we have too much clarity, we might not be compelled to continue searching for new ideas.

I usually work in a direction until I know how to do it, then I stop, At the time that I am bored or understand - I use those words interchangeably - another appetite has formed.

To use your head, you have to go out of your mind.

Independence of mind, enthusiasm, dedication to the field, and willingness to challenge and question and to explore new direction. There are plenty of people like that, but schools tend to discourage those characteristics.

Education is not just you learn how a mosquito flies in the rain, but you learn how to be creative and why it's exciting to learn things and create things and make up new things.

I enjoy creating new ideas, working on new creative projects.

I've always been a great believer that you have to keep producing new things in order to keep life interesting - not only for ourselves, but for the audience as well. That's really always been our principle and way of working.