To deal with future we have to deal with possibilities. Analysis will only tell us what is.
EDWARD DE BONOEvery valuable creative idea must always be logical in hindsight. If it were not, we would never be able to see its value.
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There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all.
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A good design is not a democratic consensus.
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Creativity is a great motivator because it mades people interested in what they are doing.
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Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone.
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The mind can only see what it is prepared to see.
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Creativity can be learned like basketball, which does not mean we will all be NBA stars.
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If you never change your mind, why have one?
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Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea.
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Mock the devil, and he will flee from thee.
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Perception is real even when it is not reality.
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If you do not design the future, someone or something else will design it for you.
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In the art world, creativity involves aesthetic sensibility, emotional resonance and a gift for expression.
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Logic will never change emotion or perception.
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Creative thinking is not a talent, it is a skill that can be learned. It empowers people by adding strength to their natural abilities which improves teamwork, productivity and, where appropriate, profits.
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To develop thinking as a skill, it should be deliberate, focused, confident, and enjoyable.
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We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been set up by a particular sequence of experience.
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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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The analysis of data will not by itself produce new ideas.
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Although feelings are not supposed to intrude on business discussions, they do anyway – we just disguise them as logic.
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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 memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen.
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If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.
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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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Some people drift along like a cork on a river, feeling that they cannot do anything except drift, moment to moment. This is an attitude of mind. Everyone can be constructive even in tiny ways.
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I think there is a danger with young people of being dependent in the sense that they don’t acquire any identity or self-image of themselves as thinkers.
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Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced.
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