“Let's put on our Thinking Caps and see if we can't have an idea,' said Cricket, passing the caps around.” — Anna Rose Wright Copy Share Image
“Writing isn't black magic. You just have to come up with an idea...” — Karl Ove Knausgård Copy Share Image
When I have a night of fitful brainstorming, I embrace it. I open my notebook and let it all pour out. — Angela Scanlon Copy Share Image
A successful work of art is not one which resolves contradictions in a spurious harmony, but one which expresses the idea of… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
We would like to believe that we are not in the business of surviving but in being good, and we do not… — Dorothy Rowe Copy Share Image
In a regular class I don't focus on the form, but I think that focus is helpful for brainstorming and coming up… — Bonnie Jo Campbell Copy Share Image
To take the difficulties, setbacks and sorrows of life as a challenge to overcome makes us stronger, rather than unjust punishment which… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
I do all of my good thinking at over 65 miles per hour. The speed limit is, luckily, the same speed as… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
We are apt to think that our ideas are the creation of our own wisdom but the truth is that they are… — Konosuke Matsushita Copy Share Image
“Inventions are not solely the making of material things, inventions are also the mental unleashing of ideas by a genuis with a… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Painting, to me, is a unique experience. Each work is a surprise and has its own personal and intuitive meaning. After brainstorming… — Fernando Araujo Perdomo Copy Share Image
I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block; the problem is idea block. When I find myself frozen-whether I'm… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
“There's an old saying that great writing is simple but not easy, and so it is. The search for that one plain… — William Souder Copy Share Image
Don't wallow in brainstorming. Time spent fiddling with a business plan or filling up whiteboards with ideas is time that you could… — Naveen Jain Copy Share Image
“Osborn’s theory had great impact, and company leaders took up brainstorming with enthusiasm. To this day, it’s common for anyone who spends… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
There's a school of thought that says if you legalize drugs it will solve the problem. We're all good liberals, we said… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
When I returned as CEO in 2008, Starbucks had forgotten that meaningful innovations balance an organization's heritage with modern-day relevance and market… — Howard Schultz Copy Share Image
Having everyone get exposed to brainstorming, prototyping, thinking about a problem, that's a best practice. One of the things I love seeing… — Megan Smith Copy Share Image
Natural resources have dropped out of the competitive equation. In fact, a lack of natural resources may even be an advantage. Because… — Lester Thurow Copy Share Image
Creativity is not the domain of one single person. Through free-association of thoughts and brainstorming, an accidental suggestion can be the best… — Joshua Fernandez Copy Share Image
Generating diverse ideas requires being clear about the kind of input needed and creating multiple ways for diverse team members to share… — David Livermore Copy Share Image
Two heads are definitely better than one and by sourcing ideas from each other, you have a better chance of coming up… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
“If necessity is the mother of invention, then surely greed must be the father. Children of this odd couple are named: Laziness,… — John R. Dallas Jr Copy Share Image
God spare me sclerosis of the curiosity, for the curiosity which craves to keep us informed about the small things no less… — John Mason Brown Copy Share Image
“Research tells us that brainstorming becomes more productive when it’s focused. As jazz great Charles Mingus famously said, “You can’t improvise on… — Chip Heath Copy Share Image
“Brainstorming might be useful in situations where creativity is required. However, solving hard problems is not one of these.” — Nat Greene Copy Share Image
We have to understand that the world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is more important than… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
Writers know - especially new writers - [that] a lot of it [creative process] is the prewriting stage, the talking, brainstorming, the… — Jenna Bush Copy Share Image
“E se a minha vida não fôr mais do que um processo de materialização, através do qual eu dou forma a imagens… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Knowledge is being applied to knowledge itself. It is now fast becoming the one factor in production, sidelining both capital and labour. — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Many futurists use a checklist approach to make sure they're covering a sufficiently wide set of topics in terms of both research… — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
“Solitary walks are great for getting new ideas. It's like you're in a video game and you pick up idea coins on… — Joyce Rachelle Copy Share Image
I'm always working on something. I wish I had more time for free-thinking and brainstorming new ideas. That's not to say my… — Marc Guggenheim Copy Share Image
I'm in the process of brainstorming with my marketing team and all that stuff, trying to come up with a concept for… — Ruben Studdard Copy Share Image
The smell of roses, my children's bright eyes and smiles, laughing with my husband, walking on the beach, using my hands to… — Lisa Loeb Copy Share Image
Meet regularly with your business team and brainstorm. Intricate business problems are mostly resolved at brainstorming sessions. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I've always loved brainstorming with other writers, and I consider having my work critiqued a part of that brainstorming. — Jay Asher Copy Share Image
My ideas often come from strong mental images. When I'm observing some relatively ordinary thing, I'll think, "What if…" and out of… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I sometimes compare my brainstorming on paper to the drilling of oil wells. The only way to strike oil is to drill… — Tom Monaghan Copy Share Image
![“There's an old saying that great writing is simple but not easy, and so it is. The search for that one plain but inobvious [SIC] word that will do the work of five, the agony of untangling a complex idea that has become a mess of phrases in the writer's mind, the willingness to keep doing it over…” quote by William Souder](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/654/william-souder-119221_brainstorming_there-s-an-old-saying-that-great-writing_1087249.jpg)
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