It's difficult to get your creative juices flowing if you're always being practical, following rules, afraid to make mistakes, not looking into outside areas, or under the influence of any of the other mental locks.

Knowledge is the stuff from which new ideas are made. Thus, the real key to being creative lies in what you do with your knowledge.

If you make an error, use it as a stepping stone to a new idea you might not have otherwise discovered.

New ideas are not born in a conforming environment.