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“High creativity is responding to situations without critical thought.”

Situation Creativity Critical Responding

Author:John Cleese

“If you see in any given situation only what everybody else can see, you can be said to be so much a representative of your culture that you are a victim of it.”

Ifs Said Ideas Culture Given Work Situation Creativity Innovation Victim Representatives Peer Pressure

Author:S. I. Hayakawa

“Creativity in all forms of life, from arts to business to domestic situations, depends on our ability to recognize and explore gaps”

Art Form Ability Situation Creativity Depends Gaps

Book:The Ignorant Maestro: How Great Leaders Inspire Unpredictable Brilliance

Source: The Ignorant Maestro: How Great Leaders Inspire Unpredictable Brilliance

“Besides the soothing effect it has, I think my favorite part of writing is being able to use my imagination and creativity to make new ideas and people and situations come to life.”

People Thinking Writing Ideas Use Able Imagination Situation Creativity Effects My Favorite New Ideas My Imagination Soothing Imagination And Creativity

Author:Christopher Paul Curtis

“Any language is necessarily a finite system applied with different degrees of creativity to an infinite variety of situations, and most of the words and phrases we use are "prefabricated" in the sense that we don't coin new ones every time we speak.”

Different Use Speak Language Situation Creativity Communication Degrees Infinite Variety Phrases Coins Finite

Author:David Lodge

“Sometimes you get more creativity when you're in a box than when you can do anything. In really difficult situations, sometimes, you get the most interesting thinking.”

Thinking Sometimes Difficult Can Do Interesting Situation Creativity Boxes Most Interesting Difficult Situations

Author:Jim Mullen

“Often we use the word problem only because we have not learned that imagination and creativity can handle the situation.”

Use Problem Imagination Situation Creativity Handle Imagination And Creativity

Author:Wayne Dyer

“If the individual is narrowly concentrated on the goal, to the exclusion of other relevant aspects of the problem situation, he is often unable to achieve a solution. The creative thinker must stand sufficiently detached from his work.”

Ifs Problem Individual Goal Attention Situation Creativity Creative Seeing Achieve Solutions Aspect Individuality Thinker Relevant Problem Solving Detached Exclusion

Author:Mary Henle

“I do not believe that it is necessarily the duty of the writer to give a voice to his community. If a writer is true to his vocation, to his or her vocation, the very process of creativity enlarges these human horizons. It provides insights, even when you're not writing, when your writing's not dealing with a concrete political situation.”

Ifs Giving Writing Believe Humans Political Process Voice Community Situation Creativity Duty Insight Horizon Concrete Vocation

Author:Wole Soyinka

“I don't think music is my job - I don't think about it that way, because I don't really get paid. There's not paycheck at the end; it's more of a "whatever is left over" kind of situation. Also, it keeps me from thinking about my creativity as a business, which it is not. It should remain pure; that's one of the reasons I made music in the first place.”

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Author:Cass McCombs

“The most important thing you can do individually and organizationally is to pay attention to your own creativity. Sports psychologists call this muscle memory or paying attention to your perfect performance. In your own life you can notice when you do something that works right for you and celebrate it. The more you do this, the greater the probability that you will act creatively in future situations.”

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Author:Michael Ray

“Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain way. Looked at in another way, the right course of action may be so obvious that the problem no longer exists.”

Source: The use of lateral thinking

“You're mind is working at its best when you're being paranoid. You explore every avenue and possibility of your situation at high speed with total clarity.”

“Humor has bailed me out of more tight situations than I can think of. If you go with your instincts and keep your humor, creativity follows. With luck, success comes, too.”

Ifs Thinking I Can Play Humor Situation Creativity Luck Instinct

Author:Jimmy Buffett