If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head almost nothing.
-Marc Chagall
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For most, it will be seen that the process of such high creativity consists of three phases:
1) the prelude ritual;
2) the altered state of consciousness or creative spell during which the creative idea is born, starting with vibrations, then mental images, then the flow of ideas which are finally clothed in form... and,
3) the postlude in which positive emotions about the experience suffuse the participant.
-John Curtis Gowan
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The hallmark of creative people is their mental flexibility... Sometimes they are open and probing, at others they're playful and off-the-wall. At still other times, they're critical and faultfinding. And finally they're doggedly persistent in striving to reach their goals. From this I've concluded that the creative process consists of our adopting four main roles, each which embodies a different type of thinking... These roles are: Explorer, Artist, Judge and Warrior.
-Roger von Oech