Josef Albers Quotes

Creativity stands at the center of all education.

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.

As I see it, whoever's doing the inventing is also doing most of the learning - and probably having most of the fun.

I think we always move from imitation to assimilation to innovation, but I can't name you 20 people outside those we've already recognized who ever got to point three: innovation.

Another hero was Tom Swift, in the books. What he stood for, the freedom, the scientific knowledge and being and engineer gave him the ability to invent solutions to problems. He's always been a hero to me. I buy old Tom Swift books now and read them to my own children.

I have a very creative mind, and I'm always looking for new stuff and new things.

Imagination plus innovation equals realization.

I think in order to keep America great, we have to keep America creative.

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.

Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.

Knowledge comes from the past, so it's safe. It is also out of date. It's the opposite of originality... Experience is the opposite of being creative.

Every great inspiration is but an experiment - though every experiment we know, is not a great inspiration.

Use creativity and storytelling as your main muscle instead of smartness.

From stoplights to skyscrapers, turn anywhere in civilization and you will see imagination at work. It's in our inventions, advances and remedies and how a single parent masterminds each day. Imagination is boundless, surrounds us and resides in us all.

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

Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.

Creative thinking inspires ideas. Ideas inspire change.

The element of truth in the concept of genius is to be sought in the object, in what is open, not confined by repetition.

Ah, the creative process is the same secret in science as it is in art. They are all the same absolutely.

And where does magic come from? I think that magic's in the learning.

Creativity runs across many categories in life, from the arts-and-crafts project a mum or dad does with their kids, to the bestselling author's manuscript, to the designs of the hairdresser, to the creations of the computer programming genius.

What makes our world so fascinating is that continuously there are novel and creative ideas spurring people to leave old ways and try something new.

For one person who is blessed with the power of invention, many will always be found who have the capacity of applying principles.

I don't have the answers. But I am asking the questions, and that's the fun part. I'm like the kid in class with his hand up, going, 'Um...' I think that's a powerful place to create from.

The goal of education is not to increase the amount of knowledge but to create the possibilities for a child to invent and discover, to create men who are capable of doing new things.