Karl Popper Quotes

I don't know where my ideas come from. I will admit, however, that one key ingredient is caffeine. I get a couple cups of coffee into me and weird things just start to happen.

My mind contains many good ideas, but it's not always easy to squeeze one out.

The point of a notebook is to jumpstart the mind.

I have ideas whirring around my head all the time.

I don't know whether I have ideas all the time. I think I'm curious about things all the time; I think I'm always curious, and I think I'm always interested in whatever passes by, and I know I tend to think about things, and I tend to talk about things, and sometimes that takes root and gives me something to chase.

I would worry if I wasn't coming up with ideas, if I wasn't inspired.

Oftentimes, when I'm trying to get inspired, I'll find myself just staring at the wall and let the fans inspire me to get creative.

When I'm looking for an idea, I'll do anything--clean the closet, mow the lawn, work in the garden.

When we drink coffee, ideas march in like the army

I can't really say - if I've run out of ideas until I've had my next set of ideas.

I pressed down the mental accelerator. The old lemon throbbed fiercely. I got an idea.

Pouring out ideas is better for creativity than doling them out by the teaspoon.

Your success will be affected by the quality and quantity of new ideas you suggest.

As soon as coffee is in your stomach, there is a general commotion. Ideas begin to move…similes arise, the paper is covered. Coffee is your ally and writing ceases to be a struggle.

In my mind, I'm doing everything, but in reality, I'm doing very, very little. You come up with one idea, one moment, one line that leads to something and you feel like it's easy. And then, you sit back and think there would be no show without that.

Creativity arises from a constant churn of ideas, and one of the easiest ways to encourage that fertile froth is to keep your mind engaged with your project. When you work regularly, inspiration strikes regularly.

Go looking for an idea and it'll show up. Begin now.

I think it's important to just be in your subconscious mind - at least when you're starting an idea.

I love to travel. During normal workdays, sometimes it feels like I have to bludgeon ideas out of my soul - but when I'm traveling, relaxed and unpressured, the ideas just spill out.

I never drink while I'm working, but after a few glasses I get ideas that would never have occurred to me dead sober.

Writing and cafes are strongly linked in my brain.

What you make up in your heads sticks if it's good, falls out if it's bad. If we still remember something a day after we made it up, it might be worth building on.

I have an ideas book at home with far more ideas than I will ever be able to write.

I have ideas saved on my computer that I visit from time to time to see if one may shine and motivate me.

I'm not a sponge exactly, but I find that something I look at is a great opportunity for ideas.