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From the Quotation of the day mailing list, 2014-10-25:
"Probably more inhibiting than anything else is a feeling of responsibility. The great ideas of the ages have come from people who weren't paid to have great ideas, but were paid to be teachers or patent clerks or petty officials, or were not paid at all. The great ideas came as side issues." -- Isaac Asimov, discussing creativity.
[ http://www.technologyreview.com/view/531911/isaac-asimov-asks-how-do-people-get-new-ideas/]
(submitted to the mailing list by Terry Labach)
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My office mate in grad school complained to her academic advisor that she was having trouble coming up with great ideas. Her advisor -- a female advisor, no less -- said to her, "Debbie, ideas are like erections. If you try too hard, they go away again." :-)