The primitive man depended on creativity for survival; the history of creativity is as long as human history. However, scientific study of creativity is only half a century old. We in Singapore have been talking about creativity for less than two years.

• 原始人类的生存靠创意的历史和人类的历史一样长远，但是，以科学的方法研究创意，也不过是半个世纪的事，我们新加坡人，谈创意还不上两年。