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Alex Faickney Osborn was an American author born on May 24, 1888, and died on May 5, 1966. He is known for his innovative thinking and creative stimulation methods, being one of the founders of brainstorming.

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“Whatever creative success I gained was due to my belief that creative power can be stepped up by effort, and that there are ways in which we can guide our creative thinking.”

Thinking Way Believe Belief Effort Creative Dues Guides Creative Thinking Creative Power

Book:Your Creative Power: How to Use Imagination

Source: Your Creative Power: How to Use Imagination

“Each of us has an Aladdin's Lamp which psychologists call creative imagination.”

Imagination Creativity Creative Lamps Psychologist Creative Imagination Aladdin's Lamp

Book:How to Think Up

Source: How to Think Up

“As in the piling up of hypothetical alternatives, creative accidents follow the law of probabilities the more we fish, the more likely we are to get a strike.”

Law Creative Fishes Accidents Strikes Alternatives Probability Hypothetical

Book:Applied imagination: principles and procedures of creative thinking

Source: Applied imagination: principles and procedures of creative thinking

About the Author

Born: May 24, 1888
Died: May 5, 1966
Known for: Author
Quotes: 20

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Applied imagination: principles and procedures of creative thinkingRelated source material

Your Creative Power: How to Use ImaginationRelated source material

Applied imagination: principles and procedures of creative problem-solvingRelated source material

How to Think UpRelated source material

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