Quotes by : Jonah Lehrer

...new ideas are merely several old thoughts that occur at the exact same time.

How do we regulate our emotions? The answer is surprisingly simple: by thinking about them. The prefrontal....

...Why are corporations so fleeting?...Instead of imitating the freewheeling city, these businesses minimize....

The vocational approach at NOCCA (New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts) helps build grit in students.....

Every creative journey begins with a problem. It starts with a feeling of frustration, the dull ache....

...the imagination is unleashed by constraints. You break out of the box by stepping into shackles.

The only way to maximize group creativity—to make the whole more than the sum of its parts—is to....

The benefit of such horizontal interactions - people sharing knowledge across fields - is that it encourages....

It doesn't matter if people are playing jazz or writing poetry -- if they want to be successful, they....

And so we keep on thinking, because the next thought might be the answer.