John Dewey Quotes

There's a lack of creativity in every field because people are afraid. As an artist in this world we can do whatever we want

Imagination is more important than information. Einstein said that, and he should know. And they come. And they look. And we push. And they fly. We to stay and die on our beds. They to go and die howsoever, yet inspiring those who come after them to find their own edge. And fly.

In imagination, there's no limitation.

Education is the foundation for all we do in life, it shapes who we are and what we aspire to be. Creativity fuels innovation, and it's what all states should strive to instill in the next generations.

But in a broader sense, when I have more control, I want to expose people to new ideas.

You have to free your mind to do things you wouldn't think of doing. Don't ever say no.

Greatness, in the last analysis, is largely bravery - courage in escaping from old ideas and old standards and respectable ways of doing things.

Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.

From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you discover that you have wings.

Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.

Perhaps the spirit of adventure, be it mental or material adventure, is a factor so essential in human progress that no emphasis of it is undue.

Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity.

New information makes new and fresh ideas possible.

Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.

What is now proved was once only imagined.

An interest in ideas is a sign of human life. People are fascinated by what the future is going to be - and the future is going to be an accumulation of ideas.

Definition is the death of discovery.

Kids are naturally inventive and curious and creative, but most adults have had that beaten out of them. Writing is a form of play; you have to get rid of all those internal censors that we adults have, the things that say, 'Don't go there, that's not allowed.'

Human progress has always been driven by a sense of adventure and unconventional thinking.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

In order to be creative you have to be allowed to fail.

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.

To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.

California is a place of invention, a place of courage, a place of vision, a place of the future. People who made California what it is were willing to take risks, think outside convention and build.

The world is not limited by IQ. We are all limited by bravery and creativity.