Best Edward de Bono Quotations
- Only the human brain can deliberately change perceptions, change patterns, invent concepts and tolerate ambiguity. Ambiguity
- There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all... All
- One can think of a secretary actively operating a filing system, of a librarian actively cataloguing books, of a computer actively sorting out information. The… Actively
- In the art world, creativity involves aesthetic sensibility, emotional resonance and a gift for expression. Aesthetic
- They enjoy thinking. They enjoy being creative. They enjoy having ideas. Most people do not enjoy thinking at all. All
- Some people are aware of another sort of thinking which... leads to those simple ideas that are obvious only after they have been thought of...… Another Sort
- It is well known that "problem avoidance" is an important part of problem solving. Instead of solving the problem you go upstream and alter the… Alter
- Critical thinking does seem a superior sort of thinking because it seems as though the critic is actually going beyond the scope of what is… Actually Going
- Creativity can be learned like basketball, which does not mean we will all be NBA stars. All
- The mind can only see what it is prepared to see. Inspirational
- Simplicity before understanding is simplistic; simplicity after understanding is simple. Inspirational
- Everyone has the right to doubt everything as often as he pleases and the duty to do it at least once. No way of looking… Beyond
- The system will always be defended by those countless people who have enough intellect to defend but not quite enough to innovate. Countless
- (...) being right all the time acquires a huge importance in education, and there is this terror of being wrong. The ego is so tied… Accept
- It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all. All
- We may have a perfectly adequate way of doing something, but that does not mean there cannot be a better way. So we set out… Adequate
- A discussion should be a genuine attempt to explore a subject rather than a battle between competing egos. Attempt
- A good listener is very nearly as attractive as a good talker. You cannot have a beautiful mind if you do not know how to… Attractive
- You do not go out into the street in your underwear, although usually you are wearing underwear. The underwear is not visible but it is… All
- There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be… All
- The simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity. Creativity
- The image that concerns most people is the reflection they see in other people's minds. Concern
- A good design is not a democratic consensus. Business
- To deal with future we have to deal with possibilities. Analysis will only tell us what is. Analysis
- Effectiveness without values is a tool without a purpose. Effectiveness
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