“The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.”
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer
“The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.”
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer
Thomas Sankara (1949–1987) President of Upper Volta
From a speech to the United Nations on 4 October 1984 https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2007/10/SANKARA/15203
Kirby Page (1890–1957) American clergyman
Source: Something More, A Consideration of the Vast, Undeveloped Resources of Life (1920), p. 75
“The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“Fear is the true enemy, the only enemy.”
Sun Tzu (-543–-495 BC) ancient Chinese military general, strategist and philosopher from the Zhou Dynasty
Attributed implicitly to Sun Tzu by "William Riker" in the episode The Last Outpost of the TV program Star Trek: The Next Generation, but no source for this quote predates the episode's airing in 1987.
Misattributed
Dave Ramsey (1960) American financial advisor
Mary Oliver (1935–2019) American writer
"Of Power and Time"
Blue Pastures (1995)
“Ah, good taste! What a dreadful thing! Taste is the enemy of creativeness.”
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer
Warren Buffett (1930) American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist
2004 Chairman's Letter http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/2004.html <br class="br">Letters to Shareholders (1957 - 2012)