Alan Kay on Creativity, Context and Surprise

„Most creativity is a transition from one context into another where things are more surprising. There’s an element of surprise, and especially in science, there is often laughter that goes along with the "Aha." Art also has this element. Our job is to remind us that there are more contexts than the one that we’re in - the one that we think is reality.“

Alan KayAlan Kay explains how creativity emerges through changing contexts, surprise and new perspectives on reality.
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Alan Kay is an American computer scientist and a pioneer of object-oriented programming and graphical user interfaces.

Alan Kay describes creativity as a change of context and the ability to view familiar reality in a new way.


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Alan Kay quote about creativity, context, surprise, science, and art

Alan Kay (born in 1940 in Springfield, Massachusetts) is an American computer scientist. He is regarded as a pioneer of object-oriented programming, the Smalltalk programming language, and graphical user interface design. With the Dynabook concept, he also developed an early precursor to modern laptops, tablet computers, and e-books.

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