Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.

Quote by Edward De Bono

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Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain

Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain

It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it...

It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it...

If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.

If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.

One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at...

One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at...

An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing...

An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing...

The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas....

The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas....

Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic.

Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic.

Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those that focus on value creation...

Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those that focus on value creation...

We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been...

We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been...

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...

But, if you have nothing at all to create, then perhaps you create yourself.

But, if you have nothing at all to create, then perhaps you create yourself.

Taste is the enemy of creativeness

Taste is the enemy of creativeness

Properly practiced creativity can make one ad do the work of ten.

Properly practiced creativity can make one ad do the work of ten.

Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood; it must also...

Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood; it must also...

To create a little flower is the labour of ages.

To create a little flower is the labour of ages.

The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives...

The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives...

Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they...

Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they...

Creativity is the ability to see relationships where none exist.

Creativity is the ability to see relationships where none exist.

Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it...

Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it...

Our creation is the modification of relationship.

Our creation is the modification of relationship.