“Do you ever make silly mistakes? It is one of my very few creative activities.”

“In all my years in business I can recall very few people I have wanted to fire for making mistakes.”

“Only while sleeping one makes no mistakes. Making mistakes is the privilege of the active—of those who can correct their mistakes and put them right.”

“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.”

“Nothing will stop you being creative more effectively as the fear of making a
mistake.”

“From a management standpoint, it is very important to know how to unleash people's inborn creativity. My concept is that anybody has creative ability, but very few people know how to use it.”

“Attention and activity lead to mistakes as well as to successes; but a life spent in making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”

“You see my adjutant made rather a silly mistake. He hadn't had much truck with boots before and the silly fellow thought they were extra rations. My men ate the whole bag of tricks last night.”

“Make your mistakes, take your chances, look silly, but keep on going. Don’t freeze up.”

“If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.”