Creative Quotations from Saul Steinberg (1914-1999) born on Jun 15 US artist, cartoonist; well known for his New Yorker cartoons combining cubism and.

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Creative Quotations from Saul Steinberg ( ) born on Jun 15 US artist, cartoonist; well known for his New Yorker cartoons combining cubism and pointillism.

Questions are fiction, and answers are anything from more fiction to science-fiction.

I think, therefore Descartes exists.

Doodling is the brooding of the hand.

The frightening thought that what you draw may become a building makes for reasoned lines.

The life of the creative man is led, directed and controlled by boredom.

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CREDITS: Copyright 2008, Baertracks. BeMoreCreative & Creative Quotations are pending trademarks. Photo from (Northern Blue Publishing); used with permission. Background is low-res “fair use” adaption of a Steinburg drawing from swissmiss.typepad.com Background music licensed from Sound Ideas, Inc.