Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.

Quote by Roger Von Oech

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Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else...

Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else...

Most people think of success and failure as opposites, but they both are products of...

Most people think of success and failure as opposites, but they both are products of...

If you don't execute your ideas, they die.

If you don't execute your ideas, they die.

There is a close relationship between the ha-ha of humor and the aha! of discovery.

There is a close relationship between the ha-ha of humor and the aha! of discovery.

Here's my advice: Go ahead and be whacky. Get into a crazy frame of mind...

Here's my advice: Go ahead and be whacky. Get into a crazy frame of mind...

If you make an error, use it as a stepping stone to a new idea...

If you make an error, use it as a stepping stone to a new idea...

It's important for the explorer to be willing to be led astray.

It's important for the explorer to be willing to be led astray.

Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If...

Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If...

Either you let your life slip away by not doing the things you want to...

Either you let your life slip away by not doing the things you want to...

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.

It's easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of...

It's easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of...

Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If...

Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If...

Remember the two benefits of failure. First, if you do fail, you learn what doesn't...

Remember the two benefits of failure. First, if you do fail, you learn what doesn't...

There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life.

There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life.

Flops are a part of life's menu and I've never been a girl to miss...

Flops are a part of life's menu and I've never been a girl to miss...

Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.

Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.

I'd rather be a failure at something I enjoy than a success at something I...

I'd rather be a failure at something I enjoy than a success at something I...

All failures - neurotics, psychotics, criminals, drunkards, problem children, suicides, perverts, and prostitutes - are...

All failures - neurotics, psychotics, criminals, drunkards, problem children, suicides, perverts, and prostitutes - are...

In my opinion, the greatest single failure of American education is that students come away...

In my opinion, the greatest single failure of American education is that students come away...

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.