“Thus at the beginnings of things it is well to treat ourselves to a luxury of blankness, to go into each day’s work without the deadening burdens of continuity, consistency and fixed purpose. Don’t look back; you will have time enough for that during later stages. At this point the essential things are amplitude, variety, boldness, imagination. Contradictions are not only allowable but essential; for without them you will almost always fail to transcend your initial understanding.”

Robert Grudin, Time And The Art Of Living (Page 122)