You can only acquire really useful general ideas by first acquiring particular ideas . . . You cannot make bricks without straw.

In search of ideas I spent yesterday morning in walking about, and went to the stores and bought things in four departments. A wonderful and delightful way of spending time. I think this sort of activity does stimulate creative ideas.

They can make the wild ideas; we come up with a reality.

At this time I was able to draw a circle which deviated very little from when you checked it with a compass. I could draw really very well, but I think I lost this capacity. But I had the idea that this sense of measurement, of measurements, is one of the capacities of a composer, of an artist. It is probably the basis of correct balance and logic within, if you have a strict feeling of the sizes and their mutual relationship.

You cannot expect the Form before the Idea, For they will come into being together

Ideas not coupled with action never become bigger than the brain cells they occupied.