Creativity can be learned like basketball, which does not mean we will all be NBA stars.
EDWARD DE BONOA myth is a fixed way of looking at the world which cannot be destroyed because, looked at through the myth, all evidence supports the myth.
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People should realize we’re jerks just like them.
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Most people are put off science because maths is the gateway and they can’t handle it. What we should be teaching is operational maths because, in general, the maths we need to carry out science is pretty straightforward.
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Logic will never change emotion or perception.
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There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all.
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You can analyse the past, but you need to design the future. That is the difference between suffering the future and enjoying it.
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The analysis of data will not by itself produce new ideas.
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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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We need both information and thinking. Information is no substitute for thinking and thinking is no substitute for information.
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They enjoy thinking. They enjoy being creative. They enjoy having ideas. Most people do not enjoy thinking at all.
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A discussion should be a genuine attempt to explore a subject rather than a battle between competing egos.
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The music that really turns me on is either running toward God or away from God. Both recognize the pivot, that God is at the center of the jaunt.
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The simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.
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The winner is the chef who takes the same ingredients as everyone else and produces the best results.
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Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex when they could be simple.
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Maybe the social value of truth is as a destination – so long as we do not assume we have arrived there.
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The purpose of science is not to analyze or describe but to make useful models of the world. A model is useful if it allows us to get use out of it.
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One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at things that no one else has bothered to look at. This simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.
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Teaching thinking for just five hours to unemployed youngsters increased employment 500 percent.
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A question is a polite way of demanding something.
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I know it aches, how your heart it breaks. You can only take so much. Walk on.
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If you never change your mind, why have one?
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I do a great deal of work with young children, and if you give a child a problem, he may come up with a highly original solution, because he doesn’t have the established route to it.
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As competition intensifies, the need for creative thinking increases. It is no longer enough to do the same thing better . . . no longer enough to be efficient and solve problems.
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You can’t dig a different hole by digging the same one deeper.
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The quality of our thinking will determine the quality of our future.
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Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting.
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