"The sudden hunch, the creative leap of mind that "sees" in a flash how to solve a problem in a simple way, is something quite different from general intelligence."

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Source : Martin Gardner (2006). “Aha! A Two Volume Collection: Aha! Gotcha Aha! Insight”, p.176, MAA

Martin Gardner

#Simple Quotes #Design Quotes #Creative Quotes

“The only way I think about kids in production is practically, the younger the kids are the harder it is to shot the movie.”
“Advertising is, actually, a simple phenomenon in terms of economics. It is merely a substitute for a personal sales force - an extension, if you will, of the merchant who cries aloud his wares.”

Source : Rosser Reeves (1961). “Reality in Advertising”, p.129, BookBaby
“Standing under freezing cold showers every morning, - I did that. I got up to seven minutes most mornings, and it actually works; it immunizes your body, and your body starts getting used to the cold. It really works."”
“A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.”

Source : Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967”, p.119, Ballantine Books
“Invention isn't some impenetrable brand of magic; anyone can have a go.”
“I don't need your organization, I've moved your mountains and I've marked you cards, but Eden is burning. You better get ready for elimination or else your hearts must have the courage of the changing of the guard.”
“I critique market-based medicine not because I haven't seen its heights but because I've seen its depths.”
“It may be true of all relationships, not only between fathers and sons, but between men and women. Nothing seems fixed. Everything is always changing. We seem to have very little control over our emotional life.”

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