We begin life, as children, being open to the ideas of others because we need to be open to learn. Most of what children encounter, after all, are things they’ve never seen before. The child has no choice but to embrace the new. If this openness is so wonderful, however, why do we lose it as we grow up? Where, along the way, do we turn from the wild-eyed child into the adult who fears surprises and has all the answers and seeks to control all outcomes? — Ed Catmull, President of Pixar & Disney Animation, in his book Creativity, Inc.
