Claudiu Florea's Key Ideas from Hegarty on Creativity: There Are No Rules
by John Hegarty

If you have only read the same creative journals, only visit the popular art galleries, and only see the same films, plays, and performances as everyone else, you soon start thinking like everyone else. Everything is connected and the more connections you make the more interesting your work will become.

Much today is written about collaboration and the need to work or brainstorm with others in order to bring an idea to fruition. It’s all very friendly and inclusive. But be careful. Some people believe you can create brilliance by brainstorming with lots of people. You can’t. Collaboration is great for sex but not for creativity.

The ability to sell a good idea is almost as important as having one. Capturing the essence of your work in one succinct soundbites is crucial to encouraging the person buying it and helping the public understand it. A great idea is only a great idea when you share it with the world. To do that effectively you need to be able to define what it is you created.

There are no facts on the future. So stop trying to predict what’s ahead of you and choose instead to make this moment, the one you’re living in right now, the most enjoyable and rewarding it can be. Do interesting things and interesting things will happen to you.