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The 'silly question' is the first intimation of some totally novel development.
Oct 1, 2025
Creativity can solve almost any problem.
It's easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of what worked for you two years ago, but will soon be out-of-date.
The organizations of the future will increasingly depend on the creativity of their members to survive. Great Groups offer a new model in which the leader is an equal among Titans. In a truly creative collaboration, work is pleasure, and the only rules and procedures are those that advance the common cause.
Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things.
Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.
People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.
A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.
Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.
It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.
Quality is the best business plan.
In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative, original thinker unless you can also sell what you create.
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
The things we fear most in organizations - fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances - are the primary sources of creativity.
Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.
Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.
Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity.
Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.
Life is about trying things to see if they work.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.
The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions.
Don't worry about people stealing your ideas.
An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail.
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.
When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something.
Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That's because they were able to connect experiences they've had and synthesize new things.
An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it.
Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.
Creativity is one of the last remaining legal ways of gaining an unfair advantage over the competition.
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
The best way to predict the future is to study the past, or prognosticate.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it.
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.
If you think you can't, you're right.
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