"Beneath the surface, unnoticed by many, an even deeper force was at workâ€”the rise of creativity as a fundamental economic driver, and the rise of a new social class, the Creative Class."

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Source : Richard Florida (2014). “The Rise of the Creative Class--Revisited: Revised and Expanded”, p.7, Basic Books

Richard Florida

#Creativity Quotes #Class Quotes #Creative Quotes

“Sometimes when you aim for the stars, you hit the moon.”
“When I go mad, I call my friends by phone: I am afraid they might think they're alone.”

Source : Theodore Roethke (2006). “Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke, 1943-63”, p.79, Copper Canyon Press
“I tried to get into comics initially after I graduated Clemson in 1994. I spent a year trying to get in, and I quit reading books because not getting in made me sad.”

Source : "Newsarama's 9: Jonathan Hickman + Secret Warriors #1". Interview with Chris Arrant, www.newsarama.com. January 29, 2009.
“After about midday my dad sent cars from his private collection for us. We were told to get in. We had almost lost contact with my father and brothers because things had got out of hand. I saw with my own eyes the [Iraqi] army withdrawing and the terrified faces of the Iraqi soldiers who, unfortunately, were running away and looking around them. Missiles were falling on my left and my right - they were not more than fifty or one hundred metres away. We moved in small cars. I had a gun between my feet just in case.”
“My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter.”
“You should never bother trying to remember where you put something. You should just imagine needing to put it somewhere now, then go to the place you pick. Because why would you pick a different location now than you did earlier? Your personality is more stable than that. It's not like we wake up each day as different people. It's just that we don't trust ourselves.”
“Even as Ramadan holds profound meaning for the worldâ€™s 1.5 billion Muslims, it is also a reminder to people of all faiths of our common humanity and the commitment to justice, equality, and compassion shared by all great faiths. In that spirit, I wish Muslims across America and around the world a blessed month, and I look forward to again hosting an iftar dinner here at the White House. Ramadan Kareem.”
“Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.”

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