''Girl I turn dat thing into a rainforest.Rain on ma head…

Held in the palms of thousands of disgruntled people over the centuries have been ideas worth millions - if they only had taken the…

— Robert M. Hayes

“Osborn’s theory had great impact, and company leaders took up brainstorming with enthusiasm. To this day, it’s common for anyone who spends time in…

— Susan Cain

Generating diverse ideas requires being clear about the kind of input needed and creating multiple ways for diverse team members to share their ideas…

— David Livermore

“Research tells us that brainstorming becomes more productive when it’s focused. As jazz great Charles Mingus famously said, “You can’t improvise on nothing, man;…

— Chip Heath

“Writing isn't black magic. You just have to come up with an idea...”

— Karl Ove Knausgård

Two heads are definitely better than one and by sourcing ideas from each other, you have a better chance of coming up with a…

— Richard Branson

If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.

— Albert Einstein

Psychologists usually offer three explanations for the failure of group brainstorming. The first is social loafing: in a group, some individuals tend to sit…

— Susan Cain

In a regular class I don't focus on the form, but I think that focus is helpful for brainstorming and coming up with ideas…

— Bonnie Jo Campbell

Don't confuse being stimulating with being blunt.

— Barbara Walters

We would like to believe that we are not in the business of surviving but in being good, and we do not like to…

— Dorothy Rowe

“Solitary walks are great for getting new ideas. It's like you're in a video game and you pick up idea coins on the way.”

— Joyce Rachelle

I do a lot of brainstorming with my editors. Sometimes it just comes out in the writing. I'll get an idea as I'm writing…

— Sara Shepard

To ask the hard question is simple.

— W. H. Auden

Natural resources have dropped out of the competitive equation. In fact, a lack of natural resources may even be an advantage. Because the industries…

— Lester Thurow