To give up before we even start, using low self-esteem or lack of qual — Will Gompertz

"A far more important lesson to learn from artists is not that they fail, but that they prevail. Artists make. Artists do."

"Decision-making is the tortuous by-product of the Socratic method. Because at some point skepticism and questioning have to give way to personal judgment in the shape of a decision made. And that is the most daunting part of a forbidding process. As Socrates knew only too well, the more you question the more you realize that there are no concrete answers. Doubt reigns supreme, an inescapable truth he succinctly expressed when he said, “All I know is that I know nothing.”"

"That’s how ideas are generated. Unusual combinations, mixing old and new, stimulate original ideas, that is, ideas with origins."

"If necessity is the mother of invention, curiosity is the father. After all, you cannot produce something interesting if you are not interested in something. Outputs need inputs."

"Creativity, like society, thrives when the individual elements fit within, and add to, a bigger picture."

"Creativity is a constant process of call and response taking place inside our heads. If all is going well, the question–answer routine is like the two sides of our brain working together as if in an inner-cranial pas de deux."