Invention... Arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.

Agatha Christie

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Creativity Innovation Invention

Author

Agatha Christie

Source

An Autobiography (Agatha Christie)

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1976 1970s 20th century

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Christie, Agatha. Agatha Christie: An Autobiography. Collins/Dodd, Mead & Company, 1977.

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Time
1971 1970s 20th century
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Another quote about Creativity

Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.

Albert von Szent-Gyorgyi

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Discovery Originality Creativity
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Albert von Szent-Gyorgyi
Language
English
Time
1962 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Szent-Gyorgyi, Albert. Quoted in The Scientist Speculates: An Anthology of Partly-Baked Ideas, written by Irving John Good. Heinemann, 1962, ch. 1, sect. 6.