Quoting George Stigler, Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention, 1996

I’d say one of the most common failures of able people is a lack of nerve. They’ll play safe games […], you have to play a less safe game, if it’s going to be interesting. It’s not predictable that it’ll go well.

— George Stigler, Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention, 1996

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