Paul Graham on Creativity Quotes

"The maker's schedule is for people who need long, uninterrupted blocks of time to create."

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

"A creative person is someone who is always looking for a better way to do things."

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

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

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

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

"Don't try to be original. Just try to be good."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Writing is not just a way to record thoughts, but a way to have them."

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

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

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

"Creativity is often just a matter of connecting things that haven't been connected before."

"If you're not failing occasionally, you're not being creative enough."

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

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

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

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

"Creativity requires a certain amount of intellectual honesty."

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

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

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

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

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