Gregory Benford Quotes

It's sort of a mystery where ideas come from.

The truth is, it is hard to know where ideas come from.

I sometimes don't try to invent something. I wait for some kind of a direction - and it happens. I get an angle, for instance, and it just appears, and I say, 'Oh my God - that's it!'

I don't know what idea is going to hit me when.

That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you.

The creative process is mysterious; a conversation, a ride in the car, or a melody can trigger something.

Ideas sometimes come from nowhere, and sometimes they take lots of thinking.

When I have an idea, I turn down the flame, as if it were a little alcohol stove, as low as it will go. Then it explodes and that is my idea.

I pick up inspiration from everywhere and it all manages to keep stored in my brain somewhere.

The hardest thing is the idea. Ideas come from somewhere but as far as we know they come from nowhere.

In general, I don't know when inspiration will pop up.

You never know when your ideas are going to come back to you.

I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me.

I do get obsessed with constantly thinking of ideas, all day long, but that's just how it is.

Typically my ideas come to me in the most inane ways possible. I had the initial idea for 'Quantum Conundrum' while I was walking down the street to get breakfast. People are like, 'Whoa, what's your inspiration, is it something amazing?' No, I was just really hungry.

You can't rush inspiration.

Inspiration takes many forms, but it's rarely pure.

Not all ideas are like a twinkling star in the sky, and you get inspired to make a record the next day.

Lights get low and that's when I have my brightest ideas.

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.

When something comes to my brain, I don't ignore it. You never know what it's going to turn into.

A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.

I get inspired at different times and in different ways.

Ideas are all around you - everything gives you ideas. But the real source is the part of your brain that dreams.

I have ideas whirring around my head all the time.