Either you let your life slip away by not doing the things you want to do, or you get up & do them — Roger von Oech Life Copy Share Image
Most brilliance arises from ordinary people working together in extraordinary ways. — Roger von Oech Arise Copy Share Image
Open your mind up to things that have no connection with the problem you're trying to solve: subscribe to an unusual magazine;… — Roger von Oech Car Copy Share Image
Remember the two benefits of failure. First, if you do fail, you learn what doesn't work; and second, the failure gives you… — Roger von Oech Failure Copy Share Image
If you fall in love with an idea, you won't see the merits of alternative approaches-and will probably miss an opportunity or… — Roger von Oech Alternatives Copy Share Image
Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else it might be. — Roger von Oech Advantage Copy Share Image
Knowledge is the stuff from which new ideas are made. Thus, the real key to being creative lies in what you do… — Roger von Oech Be creative Copy Share Image
We grow up thinking that the best answer is in someone else's brain. Much of our education is an elaborate game of… — Roger von Oech Answers Copy Share Image
The hallmark of creative people is their mental flexibility... Sometimes they are open and probing, at others they're playful and off-the-wall. At… — Roger von Oech And off Copy Share Image
“There are two kinds of people in this world: those who divide everything into two groups, and those who don’t.” — Roger Von Oech Copy Share Image
If you make an error, use it as a stepping stone to a new idea you might not have otherwise discovered. — Roger von Oech Might Copy Share Image
It's difficult to get your creative juices flowing if you're always being practical, following rules, afraid to make mistakes, not looking into… — Roger von Oech Creative Copy Share Image
Here's my advice: Go ahead and be whacky. Get into a crazy frame of mind and ask what's funny about what you're… — Roger Von Oech Advice Copy Share Image
By the time the average person finishes college, he or she will have taken over 2,600 tests, quizzes, and exams. The right… — Roger von Oech Ambiguous Copy Share Image
Going to a junkyard is a sobering experience. There you can see the ultimate destination of almost everything we desired. — Roger von Oech Destination Copy Share Image
It's important for the explorer to be willing to be led astray. — Roger von Oech Important Copy Share Image
Am I Getting Lazy? Am I Too Busy? Am I Becoming Arrogant? Am I Getting Timid? If you answer 'yes' to any… — Roger von Oech Answers Copy Share Image
Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If you don't, it atrophies. Make a point… — Roger von Oech New things Copy Share Image
“When everyone thinks alike, no one is doing very much thinking.” — Roger Von Oech Thinking Copy Share Image
Most people think of success and failure as opposites, but they both are products of the same process. — Roger von Oech Failure Copy Share Image
