Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced.
EDWARD DE BONOCreativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea.
More Edward de Bono Quotes
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It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.
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The vertical thinker says: ‘I know what I am looking for.’ The lateral thinker says: ‘I am looking but I won’t know what I am looking for until I have found it.’
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On trade, our hypocrisy is at its most appalling. Trade reform isn’t about charity, it’s about justice, and this campaign, Trade Justice is an unstoppable idea.
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Perception is real even when it is not reality.
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An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore.
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I think school is a place where thinking should be taught.
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You cannot dig a hole in a different place by digging the same hole deeper.
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We do not make very full value of the opportunities provided by technology because we prefer critical to constructive thinking, argument to design.
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In the art world, creativity involves aesthetic sensibility, emotional resonance and a gift for expression.
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If you never change your mind, why have one?
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If you do not design the future, someone or something else will design it for you.
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A good design is not a democratic consensus.
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Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone.
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Happiness is for those who don’t really need it. So I can live without happiness.
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A good listener is very nearly as attractive as a good talker. You cannot have a beautiful mind if you do not know how to listen.
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