“I think the rules will change and I think more and more young women are going to decide that having a family and taking care of a home is not a bad choice, but how do we subsidize it - not necessarily European-style socialism. It'll have to be a new more creative, dynamic and local solution.” ThinkingHomeCareYoungChoicesCreativeStyleSolutionsSocialismLocalsYoung WomenBad Choices Author:Christina Hoff Sommers
“The most creative people have learned to tolerate the slight discomfort of indecision for much longer and so, just because they put in more pondering time, their solutions are more creative.” PeopleChoicesCreativeSolutionsTolerateDiscomfortCreative PeoplePonderingIndecision Author:John Cleese
“These are economic issues that should get resolved. There are creative solutions to every problem. Hopefully between the lending institutions and the city, we'll be able to find creative solutions.” ShouldProblemAbleCitiesCreativityCreativeIssuesEconomicSolutionsInstitutionsHopefullyLendingEconomic IssuesCreative Solutions Author:Bob DuPuy
“At school, new ideas are thrust at you every day. Out in the world, you’ll have to find the inner motivation to search for new ideas on your own. With any luck at all, you’ll never need to take an idea and squeeze a punchline out of it, but as bright, creative people, you’ll be called upon to generate ideas and solutions all your lives. Letting your mind play is the best way to solve problems.” PeopleWorldWayNeedsMindIdeasPlayProblemSchoolMotivationCreativeSolutionsLuckSolveBest WayNew IdeasThrustCreative PeoplePunchlines Author:Bill Watterson
“The best work for creative folks on the team is when the problem is big and the solution escapes everyone.” ProblemBigsCreativeTeamSolutionsFolksBest Work Author:Steven Sinofsky
“I will work on myself, since the work on myself is going to be the highest thing I can do for it all, since I understand that as man up-levels his own consciousness, he sees more creative solutions to the problems that he's confronting.” MenI CanProblemCan DoWorkLevelsConsciousnessCreativityCreativeHighestSolutionsConfrontingCreative Solutions Author:Ram Dass
“Engineering problems are under-defined, there are many solutions, good, bad and indifferent. The art is to arrive at a good solution. This is a creative activity, involving imagination, intuition and deliberate choice.” ArtProblemChoicesImaginationCreativeActivitySolutionsArt IsIntuitionDefinedEngineeringEngineersIndifferentDeliberateInvolvingCivil EngineerCivil Engineering Author:Ove Arup
“It seems that we're better at finding someone to blame for our problems than we are at finding creative solutions to fix them.” ProblemSeemsCreativeFindingsSolutionsBlameFinding SomeoneCreative Solutions Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Designing for me is a very complex process. There are many ideas that I want to express in one object, very often contradictory. The creative process in Miu Miu is completely different from that of Prada. Miu Miu is not as complicated and thought out as Prada. Rather than being young, Miu Miu is immediate Prada is very sophisticated and considered; Miu Miu is much more naive. The solution, when I am working on Miu Miu, has to come immediately, instinctively, spontaneously with whatever is available at the moment. If I think three times, I stop.” IfsThinkingWantIdeasDifferentMomentsYoungThreeProcessCreativeDesignObjectsSolutionsComplexesAvailableComplicatedCreative ProcessSophisticatedNaiveThree TimesContradictoryPrada Author:Miuccia Prada
“There is a creative solution to every problem. Every possibility holds the promise of abundance.” SoulProblemCreativePossibilityPromiseSolutionsAbundanceCreative Solutions Author:Deepak Chopra
“If P=NP, then the world would be a profoundly different place than we usually assume it to be. There would be no special value in “creative leaps,” no fundamental gap between solving a problem and recognizing the solution once it's found. Everyone who could appreciate a symphony would be Mozart; everyone who could follow a step-by-step argument would be Gauss; everyone who could recognize a good investment strategy would be Warren Buffett.” IfsWorldDifferentProblemWould BeValuesFoundStepsCreativeSpecialSolutionsArgumentAppreciateFundamentalsStrategyAssumingInvestmentGapsLeapRecognizingSymphonyDifferent PlaceBuffettWarren Buffet Author:Scott Aaronson
“It's very important that we re-learn the art of resting and relaxing. Not only does it help prevent the onset of many illnesses that develop through chronic tension and worrying; it allows us to clear our minds, focus, and find creative solutions to problems.” LifeInspirationalMindDoeArtImportantHelpingProblemChangeWorryCreativeClearFocusSolutionsIllnessTensionSolution To A ProblemCreative Solutions Author:Nhat Hanh
“Focusing upon the positive by counting your blessings, or using positive affirmations in the fertile time before you fall asleep is an invitation to both your subconscious mind and your pre-conscious mind to use your dreams as a way to show you insights, solutions and new creative ideas.” WayMindIdeasUseShowsDreamFallCreativeBlessingSolutionsConsciousInsightYour DreamsSubconsciousAffirmationInvitationsCountingFertileSubconscious MindConscious MindCreative IdeasPositive AffirmationsCount Your Blessings Author:Genevieve
“If we listen to the better angels of our nature, there are creative and good solutions to serious problems.” IfsProblemCreativeSeriousSolutionsAngel Author:Matt Damon
“So I come before you with a budget that is honest in its discussion of our challenges, creative in its possible solutions, compassionate in its commitment to our most vulnerable, and balanced on the bottom line.” ChallengesLinesCreativeHonestSolutionsCommitmentBottomVulnerableBudgetsDiscussionCompassionateBalancedBottom Line Author:James H. Douglas
“If you are creative enough to imagine a problem, you're clever enough to discover a solution.” IfsEnoughProblemCreativeImagineSolutionsClever Author:Robert H. Schuller
“The Healthiest Response to life is Laughter.There is always a reason to be grateful.You belong in the scheme of the universe. There's nothing to be afraid of. You are Safe.Your soul cherishes every aspect of your life.There is a Plan, and your soul knows what it is.Ecstasy is the energy of spirit. When life flows, ecstasy is natural.There is a creative solution to every problem. Every possibility holds the promise of abundance.Obstacles are Opportunities in disguise.Evolution leads the way through desire.Freedom is Letting Go.” KnowsWaySoulReasonProblemLife IsSpiritDesireUniverseOpportunityEnergyNaturalCreativePlansPossibilityEvolutionPromiseSafeLetting GoSolutionsLaughterAspectFlowGratefulResponseObstaclesYour SoulAbundanceCherishEcstasySchemesDisguiseBe GratefulCreative Solutions Author:Deepak Chopra
“In the early days I was incredibly creative and productive - I loved the research trips, I loved the creation and finding technical solutions to creative challenges. I didn't need alcohol and the pills for that. What changed was, I was afraid to say no - that little word, N.O. Because I thought it showed weakness. And with more and more success I would just say yes. And keep on taking more work on - which took its toll.” NeedsLittlesChallengesCreativeCreationChangedFindingsSolutionsResearchWeaknessAlcoholProductivePillsTolls Author:John Galliano
“What I love about the creative process, and this may sound naive, but it is this idea that one day there is no idea, and no solution, but the next day there is an idea. I find that incredibly exciting and conceptually actually remarkable.” MayIdeasNextProcessSoundCreativeOne DaySolutionsExcitingNo IdeaRemarkableCreative ProcessNext DayNaive Author:Jonathan Ive
“Peacefulness is an inner sense of calm - it comes from becoming still - in order to reflect and meditate on our inner wisdom and receive answers. A peaceful heart is one that is free from worry and rouble. It's becoming quiet so we can look at things quietly so we can more clearly understand them and thus come up with creative solutions. It is learning to live in the present. Freedom from desire leads to inner peace.” LooksHeartStillsDesireOrderAnswersWorryCreativeBecomingQuietSolutionsCalmCome UpInner PeacePeacefulLive In The PresentPeacefulnessCreative SolutionsPeaceful Heart Author:Laozi
“When you plan and prepare carefully, you can legitimately expect to have success in your efforts. An optimistic, positive mind is far more likely to come up with creative solutions than a mind that dwells on setbacks and difficulties. Bottom line: expect success and you can achieve it!” MindLinesEffortCreativePlansAchieveSolutionsDifficultyBottomCome UpOptimisticBottom LineSetbackPositive MindCreative Solutions Author:Zig Ziglar
“Just like you, your partner wants to be loved for who they are, in spite of their shortcomings. Make an effort to let them know they are loved, even if some of their behavior is not. Work towards co-creative solutions.” IfsKnowsWantEffortCreativeLike YouBehaviorSolutionsPartnersSpiteShortcomingsCreative Solutions Author:Arielle Ford
“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.” IfsProblemIndividualGoalAttentionSituationCreativityCreativeSeeingAchieveSolutionsAspectIndividualityThinkerRelevantProblem SolvingDetachedExclusion Author:Mary Henle
“In the longer run and for wide-reaching issues, more creative solutions tend to come from imaginative interdisciplinary collaboration.” RunningCreativeIssuesSolutionsWideReachingCollaborationImaginativeCreative SolutionsInterdisciplinary Author:Robert J. Shiller
“When someone comes to you to talk about a problem, if you move the conversation on to a discussion of potential solutions, you fuel their creative problem solving abilities on average by 20% - not to mention you make them feel better! You make them smarter and more empowered to tackle challenges.” IfsFeelsProblemMovingChallengesAbilityCreativeConversationSolutionsAverageDiscussionFuelSmarterFeel BetterProblem SolvingEmpoweredCreative Problem Solving Author:Michelle Gielan
“My open mindedness is a product of where I came from. When you work in labor relations for a long part of your career you have to embrace the idea that an exchange of ideas can produce creative solutions.” LongCreativeSolutionsLaborRelationEmbraceOpen MindOpen MindedOpen Mindedness Author:Rob Manfred
“In the business world, there are systems and processes for just about everything else. Yet creativity and innovation, arguably THE most important aspects of progress, are often left to happen by chance. The system provides a scaffolding for creative support and exploration, yet is open enough to avoid curbing creativity or outputting cookie-cutter solutions.” WorldImportantEnoughChanceCreativitySupportCreativeProgressSolutionsInnovationExplorationScaffolding Author:Josh Linkner
“People often think of artists and scientists as being diametrically opposed, but we both believe something is possible. We have a hypothesis and then we do everything to make it possible, but we don't know if it's possible! All the scientists I've worked with have a natural, easy fit with me. The solutions they find are truly creative. All scientists, in some way, are artists.” PeopleThinkingBelieveArtistEasyNaturalCreativeFitSolutionsScientist Author:Mira Calix
“I am aware of existing in a nearly constant state of inner turmoil and argument. I become frustrated with my work when the solution to a creative impasse seems like a secret I don't want to tell myself. It's not that I lose faith in my work - I'm fairly certain the answers are there, but much of my energy is spent beating my psyche into revealing them.” EnergySecretCreativeSolutionsArgumentFrustrated Author:Phoebe Gloeckner
“I think it's important to remember that an artist could be at the center of healing our problems because, every day, that's what we do. Every day, our job is to make something that wasn't there before. We're kind of built to go into situations that need a kind of fresh thought to solve them so I'm happy about that and I would encourage anyone with any problem in the world that needs to be solved to consider having any person in the creative arts be at the core of its solution. I think that's one of our unused or untapped values.” ThinkingWorldKindArtImportantProblemRememberArtistValuesHealingSituationCreativeSolutionsArt IsCreative Art Author:David Lang
“I wouldn't just come home from school and watch TV everyday, they had me involved in lots of local theatre. I was a very dramatic, talkative child. And that was part of my mother's creative solution - to put me in workshops and classes and children's theatre programmes.” ChildrenHomeSchoolMotherClassWatchesCreativeTvsInvolvedSolutionsEverydayTheatreLocalsDramaticComing HomeProgrammesWorkshopsTalkativeCreative Solutions Author:Kerry Washington
“So that is the design process or the creative process. Start with a problem, forget the problem, the problem reveals itself or the solution reveals itself and then you reevaulate it. This is what you are doing all the time.” ProblemProcessForgetCreativeDesignSolutionsCreative ProcessDesign Process Book:Paul Rand: Conversations with Students Source: Paul Rand: Conversations with Students
“The mere formulation of a problem is far more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skills. To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle requires creative imagination and marks real advances in science.” MayRealMatterProblemScienceImaginationEducationCreativityCreativePossibilitySkillsEssentialsSolutionsMarkRegardRaisesMereIntelligenceMathematicalClassroomProblem SolvingAngleReal ProblemsCreative ThinkingProblems And SolutionsSolution To A ProblemCreative ImaginationImagination And CreativityNew PossibilitiesImagination CreativitySolved ProblemsRelated To CreativityAdvances In ScienceCreative Problem SolvingCreative Solutions Author:Albert Einstein
“The art of creation lies in the gift of perceiving the particular and generalizing it, thus creating the particular again. It is therefore a powerful transforming force and a generator of creative solutions in relation to a given problem.” ArtProblemLyingGivenForcePowerfulCreativeCreationParticularCreatingSolutionsRelationTransformingGeneratorCreative Solutions Author:Michelangelo