“This is the extraordinary thing about creativity: If just you keep your mind resting against the subject in a friendly but persistent way, sooner or later you will get a reward from your unconscious.”

“The one thing I remember about Christmas was that my father used to take me out in a boat about ten miles offshore on Christmas Day, and I used to have to swim back. Extraordinary. It was a ritual. Mind you, that wasn't the hard part. The difficult bit was getting out of the sack.”

“Creativity is not a talent. It is a way of operating.”

“If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play”

“Nothing will stop you being creative more effectively as the fear of making amistake.”

“Your Mother was A Hamsterand you Father Smelled of elder berries”

“We don't know where we get our ideas from. What we do know is that we do not get them from our laptops.”