Woz on Creativity: Work Alone

Steve Wozniak, aka Woz, fully believes in, and stresses, the importance of separation to help creativity flourish. He says “[Inventors are] almost like artists, and artists work best alone.” Even Stephen King advised new writers to “write with the door closed.” Now this independence when it comes to creativity should not be taken to the extreme of isolation, as we know that great creativity comes from “ideas colliding together.” A good middle ground would be to engage in groupthink in the beginning of a project to get your creative juices flowing, and then work alone to let your own creativity take off.Read full article here Woz on Creativity: Work Alone