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" Creativity is merely a plus name for regular activity. Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better. "

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" When I was born, my parents and my mother's parents planted a dogwood tree in the side yard of the large white house in which we lived throughout my boyhood. This tree I learned quite early, was exactly my age - was, in a sense, me. "

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" When I went away to college, I marveled at the wealth of bookstores around Harvard Square. "

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