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1 " It's not that gays and diversity equal high technology. But if your culture is not such that it can accept difference, and uniqueness and oddity and eccentricity, you will not get high tech industry. "
― Richard Florida , The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community, and Everyday Life
2 " The creative individual is no longer viewed as an iconoclast. He—or she—is the new mainstream. "
3 " As the economy has become more specialized and the occupational division of labor has deepened, the Creative Class has increasingly outsourced functions that were previously provided within the family to the Service Class. "
4 " Beneath the surface, unnoticed by many, an even deeper force was at work—the rise of creativity as a fundamental economic driver, and the rise of a new social class, the Creative Class. "
5 " the Creative Economy is driven by the logic that seeks to fully harness—and no longer waste—human resources and talent. "
6 " If you are a scientist or engineer, an architect or designer, a writer, artist, or musician, or if your creativity is a key factor in your work in business, education, health care, law, or some other profession, you are a member. "
