1. Quotes On Creative Nature and Process

2. Quotes and Creative Nature Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual. -- Arthur Koestler It is not wishing which causes illness but lack of wishing. Every genuine wish is a creative art. --Rolo May Creative thinking is not a talent, it is a skill that can be learnt. It empowers people by adding strength to their natural abilities which improves teamwork, productivity and where appropriate profits. -- Edward DeBono The creation of a thousand forests lies in one acorn. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson Failure is the line of least persistence. -- Alfred W. Brandt Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old, shared a little of what he is good at doing. -- Quincy Jones Innovation by definition will not be accepted at first. It takes repeated attempts, endless demonstrations, monotonous rehearsals before innovation can be accepted and internalized by an organization. This requires "courageous patience. " --Warren Bennis

3. Objective Finding (ID Goal, Wish, Challenges) Instead of pouring knowledge into people's heads, we need to help them grind a new set of eyeglasses so that we can see the world in a new way. -- J. S. Brown Fact Finding (Gather Data) If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see everything as a nail. --Abraham Maslow Problem Finding (Clarify the Problem) It isn't that they can't see the solution; it is that they can't see the problem. -- G.K. Chesterton Idea Finding (Generate Ideas) Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it’s the only one you have. -- Emile Chartier Solution Finding (Select & Strengthen Solutions) The creative process does not end with an idea…It only starts with an idea. --John Arnold Acceptance Finding (Plan for Action) An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come. --Victor Hugo Quotes and the Creative Process