Creativity is merely a plus name for regular activity. Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better.

Quote by John Updike

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By the time a partnership dissolves, it has dissolved.

By the time a partnership dissolves, it has dissolved.

Possession diminishes perception of value, immediately

Possession diminishes perception of value, immediately

What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit.

What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit.

Customs and convictions change; respectable people are the last to know, or to admit, the...

Customs and convictions change; respectable people are the last to know, or to admit, the...

That a marriage ends is less than ideal; but all things end under heaven, and...

That a marriage ends is less than ideal; but all things end under heaven, and...

Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.

Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.

Being naked approaches being revolutionary; going barefoot is mere populism.

Being naked approaches being revolutionary; going barefoot is mere populism.

The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions,...

The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions,...

The inner spaces that a good story lets us enter are the old apartments of...

The inner spaces that a good story lets us enter are the old apartments of...

We take our bearings, daily, from others. To be sane is, to a great extent,...

We take our bearings, daily, from others. To be sane is, to a great extent,...

Religion enables us to ignore nothingness and get on with the jobs of life.

Religion enables us to ignore nothingness and get on with the jobs of life.

Four years was enough of Harvard. I still had a lot to learn, but had...

Four years was enough of Harvard. I still had a lot to learn, but had...

In memory's telephoto lens, far objects are magnified.

In memory's telephoto lens, far objects are magnified.

When I write, I aim in my mind not toward New York but toward a...

When I write, I aim in my mind not toward New York but toward a...

To say that war is madness is like saying that sex is madness: true enough,...

To say that war is madness is like saying that sex is madness: true enough,...

But for a few phrases from his letters and an odd line or two of...

But for a few phrases from his letters and an odd line or two of...

The city overwhelmed our expectations. The Kiplingesque grandeur of Waterloo Station, the Eliotic despondency of...

The city overwhelmed our expectations. The Kiplingesque grandeur of Waterloo Station, the Eliotic despondency of...

I think my greatest ambition in life is to pass on to others what I...

I think my greatest ambition in life is to pass on to others what I...

People are disturbed not by things, but by the view they take of them.

People are disturbed not by things, but by the view they take of them.

Anger always comes from frustrated expectations

Anger always comes from frustrated expectations