To discover relationships and similarities between things that no one else sees. Wit can in this way lead to invention. — G.C. Lichtenberg, Notebook I.9 #Lichtenbergianism #LichtenbergianQuotes #Gestalt

Waste-book method highly recommended. A note made of every phrase, every expression. Wealth can also be acquired through saving up truths in pennyworths. — G.C. Lichtenberg, Notebook F.164 #Lichtenbergianism #LichtenbergianQuotes #WasteBooks

With many a work of a celebrated man I would rather read what he has crossed out than what he has let stand. — G.C. Lichtenberg, Notebook F.131 #Lichtenbergianism #LichtenbergianQuotes #SuccessiveApproximation #Gestalt

To write with sensibility requires more than tears and moonlight. — G.C. Lichtenberg, Notebook F.23 #Lichtenbergianism #LichtenbergianQuotes

Be wary of passing the judgment: *obscure*. To find something obscure poses no difficulty: elephants and poodles find many things obscure. — G.C. Lichtenberg, Notebook E.36b #Lichtenbergianism #LichtenbergianQuotes

We do not think good metaphors are anything very important, but I think a good metaphor is something even the police should keep an eye on... — G.C. Lichtenberg, Notebook E.91 #Lichtenbergianism #LichtenbergianQuotes