From the Quotation of the day mailing list, 2010-03-17:
"I once asked advertising legend Carl Ally what makes the creative person tick. Ally responded, 'The creative person wants to be a know-it-all. He wants to know about all kinds of things: ancient history, nineteenth century mathematics, current manufacturing techniques, flower arranging, and hog futures. Because he (or she) never knows when these ideas might come together to form a new idea. It may happen six minutes later or six years down the road. But he has faith that it will happen.'" -- Roger von Oech, A Whack on the Side of the Head.
(submitted to the mailing list by Kathleen Magone)