Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone.
EDWARD DE BONOMany highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.
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Mock the devil, and he will flee from thee.
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Creativity and lateral thinking have exactly the same basis as humour.
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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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Only the human brain can deliberately change perceptions, change patterns, invent concepts and tolerate ambiguity.
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Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea.
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In the art world, creativity involves aesthetic sensibility, emotional resonance and a gift for expression.
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When the story of these times gets written, we want it to say that we did all we could, and it was more than anyone could have imagined.
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Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.
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Studies have shown that 90% of error in thinking is due to error in perception. If you can change your perception, you can change your emotion and this can lead to new ideas.
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We may need to solve problems not by removing the cause but by designing the way forward even if the cause remains in place.
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Possibilities play a much bigger role in thinking than most people believe. Without possibilities you cannot make progress.
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Traditional thinking is all about “what is” Future thinking will also need to be about what can be.
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Logic will never change emotion or perception.
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If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.
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To deal with future we have to deal with possibilities. Analysis will only tell us what is.
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