1. Great Minds on Creativity,
Innovation and Imagination
Thoughts from some of history’s
greatest minds

2. Imagination is
more important
than knowledge.
–Albert Einstein

3. Creativity is just
connecting things. When
you ask creative people
how they did something,
they feel a little guilty
because they didn't really
do it, they just saw
something. It seemed
obvious to them after a
while. That's because
they were able to connect
experiences they've had
and synthesize new
things. –Steve Jobs

4. It is common sense to take a method
and try it; if it fails, admit it frankly
and try another.
But above all, try something.
–Franklin D. Roosevelt

5. N oth ing in life is
to b e fe are d , it is
only to b e
u nd e rs tood .
N ow is th e tim e
to u nd e rs tand
m ore , s o we can
fe ar le s s .
– M arie C u rie

6. You can’t depend on
your eyes when your
imagination is out of
focus.
–Mark Twain

7. I am looking
for a lot of
men who
have an
infinite
capacity to
not know
what can’t
be done.
–Henry Ford

8. When one door closes another door
opens; but we so often look so long
and so regrettably upon the closed
door, that we do not see the ones
which open for us.
- Alexander Graham Bell

9. I ha ve no t
f a ile d ,
I h a v e ju s t
fo u nd
10 , 0 0 0
w a ys th a t
w on’ t
w ork.
– Th o m a s A .
E d is o n

10. M ys te ry cre ate s wond e r
and wond e r is th e b as is
of m an’s d e s ire to u nd e rs tand .
– N e il Arm s trong

11. Ifw alw ked on t
e l or he
a ssumpt t tw tis
ion ha ha
a ed a t ue is r ly
ccept s r eal
t ue, t e w d be l te
r her oul itl
hope fora a
dv nce.
–Or ile Wight
vl r

12. We need men who can
dream of things that
never were.
–John F. Kennedy

13. The farther
backward you
can look,
the farther
forward you
are likely to see.
-Winston Churchill

14. A n idea is s alvation by
imagination. –Frank Lloyd Wright

15. Towering genius
distains a
beaten path.
–Abraham Lincoln