“Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality, overcomes everything.”

“Creativity is the defeat of habit by originality.”

“Only with absolute fearlessness can we slay the dragons of mediocrity that invade our gardens.”

“If a man does not work passionately - even furiously - at being the best in the world at what he does, he fails his talent, his destiny, and his God.”

“If you don't burn out at the end of each day, you're a bum.”

“If you can't solve a problem, then there is an easier problem you can solve: find it.”

“As the week wore on, Ivan contemplated the merits of inertia as a problem-solving technique with growing favor”