Prediction by analogy -creativity - is so pervasive we normally don't notice it.
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Sometimes I think that creativity is a matter of seeing, or stumbling over, unobvious similarities between things - like composing a fresh metaphor, but on a more complex scale.
Of course creativity is a mystery. We don't know what drives it or what constitutes it. It's one of those things, like genius, you know it when you see it but it's impossible to define.
You may stifle your creativity by learning too much about processes that should be spontaneous and automatic.
What you discover when you look at creativity from the perspective of the brain is that it is universal. We're all creative all of the time, we can't help but be creative.
Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.
A theory of creativity is actually just a metaphor. A pool of ideas, a well of memories, a voice.
Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas.
Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value. It is a process; it's not random.
It's impossible to explain creativity. It's like asking a bird, 'How do you fly?' You just do.
People simply learn to process information to the point where it doesn't serve true creativity.
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