Complexity means distracted effort. Simplicity means focused effort.
EDWARD DE BONOIn the art world, creativity involves aesthetic sensibility, emotional resonance and a gift for expression.
More Edward de Bono Quotes
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Removing the faults in a stage-coach may produce a perfect stage-coach, but it is unlikely to produce the first motor car.
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Intelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned.
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You can’t dig a different hole by digging the same one deeper.
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Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting.
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Mock the devil, and he will flee from thee.
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Complexity creates confusion, simplicity focus.
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Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea.
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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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Everyone has the right to doubt everything as often as he pleases and the duty to do it at least once. No way of looking at things is too sacred to be reconsidered. No way of doing things is beyond improvement.
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To develop thinking as a skill, it should be deliberate, focused, confident, and enjoyable.
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The image that concerns most people is the reflection they see in other people’s minds.
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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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The analysis of data will not by itself produce new ideas.
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Only the human brain can deliberately change perceptions, change patterns, invent concepts and tolerate ambiguity.
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People should realize we’re jerks just like them.
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