Great Throughts Treasury
This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Frank Barron, Alfonso Montuori & Anthea Barron
Authors of "Creators on Creating: Awakening and Cultivating the Imaginative Mind"
"When we think of the creative mind, we think of the generative mind, full of ideas and brilliant new insights. But the creative mind is both full and empty. It is able to create within itself a space for the new to arise. It is a mind that is constantly opening itself to the internal and external world."
"Creativity is a gift, some say, but not a gift that survives without practice."
"Just as it is possible to close our eyes and not see the world around us, we can also close our hearts."
"The opened mind can be relaxed and playful. It is filled with curiosity and wonder. There is something childlike about it. It loves to get off the beaten track, to explore paths that are not the ones taken by social convention."