"Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature."

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Source : Russell L. Ackoff (1986). “Management in Small Doses”, Wiley

Eric Hoffer

#Creativity Quotes #Order Quotes #Chaos Quotes

“Once war consisted of individual combats between armed men. Later it was waged between lines of men in opposing trenches. Now it is organized slaughter of whole populations.”

Source : Kirby Page (1976). “Kirby Page and the social gospel: an anthology”, Dissertations-G
“If you feel like you're working with good people, you give them your humanity and just let it happen.”
“This is why you should never, ever get your hopes up. This is why you should see the glass as half empty. So when the whole thing spills, you arenâ€™t as devastated.”

Source : Emily Giffin (2010). “Something Borrowed: A Novel”, p.176, Macmillan
“My wife was the first art collector in the family, and I didn't become interested until around 1973. The first important artwork we bought was a Van Gogh drawing of two peasant houses in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer.”
“Around, around, Companions all, take your ground, And name the bell with joy profound! CONCORDIA is the word we've found Most meet to express the harmonious sound, That calls to those in friendship bound.”
“Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already.”
“Most of my music videos were made for under $200.”
“a poet will even face death when he sees his people oppressed.”

Source : Carolina Maria de Jesus (2005). “Beyond All Pity”

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