“Conditions for creativity are to be puzzled; to concentrate; to accept conflict and tension; to be born everyday; to feel a sense of self.”
~ Erich Fromm
“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.”
~ Edward de Bono
“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.”
~ Buckminster Fuller
“When I am working on a problem I never think about beauty. I only think about how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.”
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“Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.”
~ Arthur Koestler
“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.”
~ Albert Einstein
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School kills creativity – A TED Classic by Sir Ken Robinson
Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.
“Creative thinking is a skill, it's not just an amount of individual talent - it's not sitting by the river playing baroque music and hoping you get inspired.”
~ Edward de Bono
“Above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”
~ Roald Dahl
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Edward de Bono on Creative Thinking
Edward de Bono, renowned expert on creative thinking, talks about creativity and about thinking outside the box.
