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

Quote by Edward De Bono

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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.

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

I think most artists create out of despair. The very nature of creation is not...

I think most artists create out of despair. The very nature of creation is not...

It's hard for corporations to understand that creativity is not just about succeeding. It's about...

It's hard for corporations to understand that creativity is not just about succeeding. It's about...

The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art...

The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art...

Politics is the art of the possible; creativity is the art of the impossible.

Politics is the art of the possible; creativity is the art of the impossible.

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...

Sometimes you gotta create what you want to be a part of.

Sometimes you gotta create what you want to be a part of.

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies;...

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies;...

The life of the creative man is lead, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom...

The life of the creative man is lead, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom...

I never feel age ... If you have creative work, you don't have age or...

I never feel age ... If you have creative work, you don't have age or...

Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.

Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.

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...