I must say, I don't feel very qualified to be a pop star. I feel very awkward at times in the role. — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
In the art world, creativity involves aesthetic sensibility, emotional resonance and a gift for expression. — Edward de Bono Aesthetic Copy Share Image
Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic. — Edward de Bono Failure Copy Share Image
Although feelings are not supposed to intrude on business discussions, they do anyway - we just disguise them as logic. — Edward de Bono Business Copy Share Image
We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been set up by a particular sequence of… — Edward de Bono Architecture Copy Share Image
The system will always be defended by those countless people who have enough intellect to defend but not quite enough to innovate. — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
A discussion should be a genuine attempt to explore a subject rather than a battle between competing egos. — Edward de Bono Battle Copy Share Image
The music that really turns me on is either running toward God or away from God. Both recognize the pivot, that God… — Edward de Bono Art Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and… — Edward de Bono Creativity Copy Share Image
“In real-life situations apparently logical lines of argument are often (not always) based on an inability to see alternative possibilities. In a… — Edward De Bono Argument Copy Share Image
Most people...are put off science because maths is the gateway and they can't handle it. What we should be teaching is operational… — Edward de Bono Education Copy Share Image
Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain way. Looked at in another way, the… — Edward de Bono Action Copy Share Image
In a sense, words are encyclopedias of ignorance because they freeze perceptions at one moment in history and then insist we continue… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
Western traditions of education have emphasized knowledge analysis, description and debate. They all have a part to play, but today there is… — Edward de Bono Analysis Copy Share Image
Most executives, many scientists, and almost all business school graduates believe that if you analyze data, this will give you new ideas.… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
“Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of the car is separate… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
Maybe the social value of truth is as a destination - so long as we do not assume we have arrived there. — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
To be successful you have to be lucky, or a little mad, or very talented, or find yourself in a rapid growth… — Edward de Bono Growth Copy Share Image
When the story of these times gets written, we want it to say that we did all we could, and it was… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
Man owes his success to his creativity. No one doubts the need for it. It is most useful in good times and… — Edward de Bono Creativity Copy Share Image
The simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity. — Edward de Bono Creativity Copy Share Image
We may need to solve problems not by removing the cause but by designing the way forward even if the cause remains… — Edward de Bono Business Copy Share Image
“When the positive revolution takes hold it will no longer be enough for politicians to gain points through attack or being negative.… — Edward De Bono Compassion Copy Share Image
We may have a perfectly adequate way of doing something, but that does not mean there cannot be a better way. So… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
This is not about charity, it's about justice... The war against terror is bound up in the war against poverty - I… — Edward de Bono Bounds Copy Share Image
Studies have shown that 90% of error in thinking is due to error in perception. If you can change your perception, you… — Edward de Bono Change Copy Share Image
“Democracy is an excellent way of ensuring that nothing much gets done. There are always interests that might get trampled upon [and… — Edward De Bono Democracy Copy Share Image
It wouldn't cost too much to change the rules of trade so that poor countries can work their way out of poverty.… — Edward de Bono Basics Copy Share Image
Humor is probably the most significant characteristics of the human mind. Far more significant than reason. In fact, reason is actually a… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
Lateral thinking is concerned not with playing with the existing pieces but with seeking to change those very pieces. It is concerned… — Edward de Bono Change Copy Share Image
A person who knows all the answers, has an opinion on everything, has a certainty backed up by rational argument, has very… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at things that no one else has bothered… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
“To cultivate a pleasure in being wrong sounds perverse, yet losing an argument means escaping from an old idea and the acquisition… — Edward De Bono Logic Copy Share Image
It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it is a more significant process of mind… — Edward de Bono Attention Copy Share Image
Analysis is simplifying, breaking down things into parts, picking out strands and elements. Analysis is comparing unknown things with things that are… — Edward de Bono Analysis Copy Share Image
The solid wealth of insurance companies and the success of those who organsie gambling are some indication of the profits to be… — Edward de Bono Chance Copy Share Image
Being right is not too difficult. Your choose your perception. You select your information. You leave out what does not suit you.… — Edward de Bono Communication Copy Share Image
Creative thinking is not a talent, it is a skill that can be learned. It empowers people by adding strength to their… — Edward de Bono Ability Copy Share Image
The vertical thinker says: 'I know what I am looking for.' The lateral thinker says: 'I am looking but I won't know… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
This new meta-system is very much in favor of the self, but a self that is based on a proper sense of… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
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