"The most important thing I learned from big companies is that creativity gets stifled when everyone's got to follow the rules." -- David Kelley  

"Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud. Any of us will put more and better ideas if our efforts are appreciated." –- Alexander Osburn  

"Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun." -- Mary Lou Cook  

"Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality, overcomes everything." -- George Lois