Lillian Smith Quotes

The best ideas come out of getting lost.

Creativity requires faith. Faith requires that we relinquish control.

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.

Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties.

Australians don't have a preconceived notion of what things have to be... we can go on a fantastic journey.

Definition is the death of discovery.

If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original.

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

It's really fun to just stretch out and not have any boundaries or just try something for the craft.

I believe that the constant possibility of failure or possibility of decision-making feeds your creativity.

The theoretician believes in logic and believes that he despises dreams, intuition, and poetry. He does not recognize that these three fairies have only disguised themselves in order to dazzle him.... He does not know that he owes his greatest discoveries to them.

All sorts of things can happen when you’re open to new ideas and playing around with things.

Love color. Take risks. Stay curious.

If children are not permitted-not taught-to be adventurers and explorers as children, what will become of the world...?

If you're not prepared to be wrong, you're not prepared to be original.

In fact, the only way to remain creative over time--to not be undone by our expertise--is to experiment with ignorance, to stare at things we don't fully understand.

Improvisation is empowering because it welcomes the unknown. And since what's impossible is always unknown, it allows me to believe I can cheat the impossible.

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

[...] My wild words slip into fusion and risk losing the solid ground. So stranger, get wilder still. Probe the highlands.

Uncertainty is the fertile ground of pure creativity and freedom.

Creativity comes from accepting that you're not safe, from being absolutely aware, and from letting go of control. It's a matter of seeing everything - even when you want to shut your eyes.

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 the wisdom of uncertainty lies the freedom from our past, from the known, from the prison of past conditioning. Uncertainty is the fertile ground of creativity and freedom.

I don't really like to know what I'm going to do before I do it.