Monday, July 19, 2010

A Forest in One Acorn

Acorn hoarded by Acorn WoodpeckerImage via Wikipedia
Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more. – Henri Frederic Amiel




The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn. – Ralph Waldo Emerson



The very essence of the creative is its novelty, and hence we have no standard by which to judge it. – Carl R. Rogers



The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: That a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed, but a thing created is loved before it exists. – Gilbert Keith Chesterton



Americans have been conditioned to respect newness whatever it costs them. – John Updike



Ideas are one thing and what happens is another. – John Gage



New ideas are feared because they change the status quo. - anonymous

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