„The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.“

— Pablo Picasso

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„True alchemy lies in this formula: ‘Your memory and your senses are but the nourishment of your creative impulse’.“
— Arthur Rimbaud
„In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.“
— Franz Kafka
„I was not content to believe in a personal devil and serve him, in the ordinary sense of the word. I wanted to get hold of him personally and become his chief of staff.“
— Aleister Crowley
„Before embarking on important undertakings sit quietly calm your senses and thoughts and meditate deeply. You will then be guided by the great creative power of Spirit.“
— Paramahansa Yogananda
„If a segment of one's force is located where it is not sufficiently busy with the enemy, or if the troops are on the march - that is, idle - while the enemy is fighting, then these forces are being managed uneconomically. In this sense they are being wasted, which is even worse than using them inappropriately.“
— Carl von Clausewitz
„The good reader is one who has imagination, memory, a dictionary, and some artistic sense—which sense I propose to develop in myself and in others whenever I have the chance ("Good Readers and Good Writers", p. 3).“
— Vladimir Nabokov