BEAUTY is the “proper conformity of the parts to one another and to the whole (an ancient definition, but possibly first explicitly given in the context of the “exact sciences” by Heisenberg, 1971)
CREATIVITY is the ability to form or formulate something that noone else has done before, and that feels as if it has the proper conformity of the parts to the whole, i.e., the ability to formulate something that feels beautiful
“Without some contradiction within oneself, there can be no study; that, indeed, is the essential nature of study. To put it differently, one has some place that is dark, or obscure, or vague, or puzzling within oneself, and one tries to find some light in it. Then, when one has found a ray of light, one tries to enlarge it little by little so that darkness is gradually dispelled. This, I feel, is the typical process whereby creativity shows itself.”
CREATIVITY is the ability to form or formulate something that noone else has done before, and that feels as if it has the proper conformity of the parts to the whole, i.e., the ability to formulate something that feels beautiful
“Without some contradiction within oneself, there can be no study; that, indeed, is the essential nature of study. To put it differently, one has some place that is dark, or obscure, or vague, or puzzling within oneself, and one tries to find some light in it. Then, when one has found a ray of light, one tries to enlarge it little by little so that darkness is gradually dispelled. This, I feel, is the typical process whereby creativity shows itself.”
