Paul Graham on Creativity Quotes

"The most important thing is to have a project. You learn by making things."

"To do great work, you need a certain amount of audacity."

"You can't force creativity. You can only create the conditions for it to happen."

"The way to get ideas is to live in the future and build what seems interesting."

"Great work is often done by people who are just trying to solve a problem they have themselves."

"You can't see the whole thing at the beginning. You have to start and let the idea grow."

"The most important part of creativity is choosing what to work on."

"Iteration is the key to creativity. You don't get it right the first time."

"The most creative people are often the most disciplined."

"Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats."

"The best way to learn how to make something is to look at how other people have made it."

"To do great work, you have to be willing to spend a lot of time on things that might not work."

"Do things that don't scale. One of the most common types of advice we give at Y Combinator is to do things that don't scale."

"A good way to get startup ideas is to look for things that seem to be missing."

"The best creative work is done when you're not worried about what people will think."

"To be creative, you have to be able to think things that are not yet true."

"The best way to come up with startup ideas is to ask yourself: what do you wish someone would make for you?"

"The most dangerous way to lose your time is not to spend it having fun, but to spend it doing fake work."

"The best way to be creative is to keep your mind open to new possibilities."

"The secret to doing great work is to love what you do."

"If you want to do good work, you have to be willing to be wrong."

"The best ideas are the ones that seem like they should already exist."

"Creativity is the act of bringing something new into the world."

"The best way to get a good idea is not to try to think of a startup."

"Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be different."

"The way to do great work is to be curious about many things and to dive deep into a few."

"The most creative work is often done in response to a challenge."

"The best ideas are often the ones that seem crazy at first."

"The most successful people are those who are obsessed with what they are doing."

"Creativity requires a certain amount of intellectual honesty."

"When you're doing something creative, you're not just following a recipe. You're exploring."

"Do things that don't scale until you have to, then automate the hell out of them."

"Most of the work in any creative field is the work of editing."