Quotes: unknown

"A creative mess is better than tidy idleness." 

–– unknown 

via Sketchbook 15, 2011, p. 13

Creativity quotes: James Waddell Alexander

"There are pauses amidst study, and even pauses of seeming idleness, in which a process goes on which may be likened to the digestion of food. In those seasons of repose, the powers are gathering their strength for new efforts; as land which lies fallow recovers itself for tillage." 

– James Waddell Alexander (1804-1859), American Presbyterian minister and professor

Quotes 180: Virginia Woolf

"It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth comes to the top." 

–– Virginia Woolf (1882-1941), English writer, critic, & publisher

via Commonplace Book 2006, p. 106.

Quotes: Dyson + Cage

"I think it's very important to be idle ... people who keep themselves busy all the time are generally not creative." -- Freeman Dyson 


"In Zen they say: If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, try it for eight, sixteen, thirty-two, and so on. Eventually one discovers that it's not boring but very interesting." -- John Cage