To a clear eye the smallest fact is a window through which the infinite may be seen.

In scientific work, those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as fact

It doesn't matter if people are playing jazz or writing poetry -- if they want to be successful, they need to learn how to persist and persevere, how to keep on working until the work is done. Woody Allen famously declared that "eighty percent of success is showing up." NOCCA (New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts) teaches kids how to show up again and again.

Counterterrorism Analysis and Collection: The Requirement for Imagination and Creativity.

Imagination follows me in the sofa, bed, the rain, sun and in a word tempest.

Idea comes from senses, but imagination goes beyond. Those who could impel idea with imagination have the best chance to be creative.