Dean Keith Simonton quotes

“Empirical research has shown that quality tends to be the consequence of quantity when it comes to creativity... Those who produce more masterworks also produce more rubbish.”
-- Dean Keith Simonton

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“In skydiving, it is the fear response that gradually weakens. During the precipitous descent, the amply tested parachutist can savor the thrill rather than endure the panic.”
-- Dean Keith Simonton

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“Geniuses are those who have the intelligence, enthusiasm, and endurance to acquire the needed expertise in a broadly valued domain of achievement and who then make contributions to that field that are considered by peers to be both original and highly exemplary.”
-- Dean Keith Simonton

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“I think it's time to stop carping on the blunders of the President and give him some credit for creativity. I mean, where do you even FIND a Jewish hard-line conservative Republican pot-smoker? Sounds like an Oprah Winfrey guest.”

“Steadfastness is a noble quality, but unguided by knowledge or humility, it becomes rashness, or obstinacy.”

“You have confidence in yourself, which is valuable, if not an indispensable quality.”

“We have the ability to provide quality education to every child on earth right now.”

“Have you noticed, with whatever quality of love you have experienced, that when true love arises, it opens up both your mind and emotions? It's an openness to whatever is happening.”

“Wit is as infinite as love, and a deal more lasting in its qualities.”

“I was very good at sitting. But I just read so much research about how horrible sitting is for you. It's like, it's really bad. It's like Paula-Deen-glazed-bacon-doughnut bad. So I now move around as much as possible.”

“How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.”

“Coaches do so much research about a referee because they believe refereeing is such a crucial part of the game that the result may hinge on what we say or do. They probably know more about me than I know myself!”

“The research period of a film is the most exciting part of the process, and filming is sometimes a letdown because when you're dealing with biopic material, the real thing is always much more intricate than the story told in the film.”

Source : "Alessandro Nivola On the Record". Interview with Aaron Hillis, www.ifc.com. April 08, 2010.