Article March 4, 1991 Issue

Where do good ideas come from?

Fresh, creative ideas have their source in God, and through prayer we are able to perceive them.

Ernst Anderes

[Original in German]

"Ideas have legs" was the favorite saying of an acquaintance A of mine. I could never wholly agree with this notion, because for me it meant that ideas come to us but that they can just as easily run away!

In general, "having ideas" means developing certain concepts or methods, which are then made use of in one way or another. They can have both positive and negative effects; they can be seen as right or wrong, as constructive or destructive, and, finally, they can fall into oblivion as obsolete.

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