

“Rejection is not persecution. Drain it of its poison and what remains may be useful.”
― How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery
― How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery

“Prevailing ideas are fortified by incumbency and familiarity, no matter how ridiculous they may seem later. They can only be changed by people ready to meet rejection with evidence, patience, and stamina. Semmelweis believed that saving hundreds of women was enough.”
― How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery
― How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery

“The only propaganda which will ever tend to weaken itself as the world becomes more sophisticated and intelligent, is propaganda that is untrue or unsocial.”
― Propaganda
― Propaganda

“Because people who are more creative also tend to be more playful, unconventional, and unpredictable, and all of this makes them harder to control. No matter how much we say we value creation, deep down, most of us value control more. And so we fear change and favor familiarity. Rejecting is a reflex.”
― How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery
― How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery

“What is not normal about Folkman’s story is his tenacity. It is hard to withstand repeated rejection. But we cannot create unless we know what to do with no.”
― How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery
― How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery
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