Roger von Oech Quotes

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• Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If you don't, it atrophies. Make a point of using it… Atrophies
• If you fall in love with an idea, you won't see the merits of alternative approaches-and will probably miss an opportunity or two. One of… Alternative
• Am I Getting Lazy? Am I Too Busy? Am I Becoming Arrogant? Am I Getting Timid? If you answer 'yes' to any one of these… Answer
• Flexibility is a requirement for survival. Flexibility
• It's difficult to get your creative juices flowing if you're always being practical, following rules, afraid to make mistakes, not looking into outside areas, or… Afraid
• Knowledge is the stuff from which new ideas are made. Thus, the real key to being creative lies in what you do with your knowledge. Creative
• By the time the average person finishes college, he or she will have taken over 2,600 tests, quizzes, and exams. The right answer approach becomes… All
• If you make an error, use it as a stepping stone to a new idea you might not have otherwise discovered. Discovered
• It's important for the explorer to be willing to be led astray. Astray
• Look for the second right answer. Answer
• If you don't execute your ideas, they die. Die
• Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else it might be. Advantage
• New ideas are not born in a conforming environment. Born
• We grow up thinking that the best answer is in someone else's brain. Much of our education is an elaborate game of 'guess what's in… Answer
• Most brilliance arises from ordinary people working together in extraordinary ways. Arise
• 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 doing. Advice
• Most people think of success and failure as opposites, but they both are products of the same process. Both
• 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 still other times,… Creative
• Life is like a maze in which you try to avoid the exit. Avoid
• Going to a junkyard is a sobering experience. There you can see the ultimate destination of almost everything we desired. Almost Everything

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