Successful creative adults seem to combine the wide-ranging exploration and openness we see in children with the focus and discipline we see in adults. (Alison Gopnik)

Successful creative adults seem to combine the wide-ranging exploration and openness we see in children with the focus and discipline we see in adults.

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