Creative Problem Solving Quotes

• Life is a continuous exercise in creative problem solving.

  Michael J. Gelb

  Life, Happiness, Exercise

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• Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.

  Henry Ford

  Inspirational, Time, Business

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• To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.

  Albert Einstein

  Real, Creativity, Science

  Albert Einstein, Leopold Infeld (1966). “Evolution of Physics”, p.92, Simon and Schuster

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• Creativity can solve almost any problem.

  George Lois

  Creativity, Originality, Problem

  George Lois (2008). “George Lois on His Creation of the Big Idea”, Editions Assouline

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• We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Charles R. Swindoll (1997). “Three Steps Forwards, Two Steps Back”, p.34, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Learn to use your brain power. Critical thinking is the key to creative problem solving in business.

  Richard Branson

  Thinking, Keys, Creative

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• Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality, overcomes everything.

  George Lois

  Inspirational, Teamwork, Creativity

  "'Damn Good Advice' From One Of The Real 'Mad Men'". Interview with Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. March 19, 2012.

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• Imagination is more important than knowledge.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Positive, Leadership

  Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.32, St. Martin's Press

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• Problems are only opportunities with thorns on them.

  Hugh Miller

  Encouraging, Broken Heart, Heartbroken

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• Being receptive, being able to listen openly and well, is a crucial skill for creative problem-solving.

  Paul A. Kaufman

  Skills, Creative, Listening

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• The formulation of the problem is often more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skill.

  Albert Einstein

  Math, Thinking, Imagination Creativity

  Albert Einstein, Leopold Infeld (1966). “Evolution of Physics”, p.92, Simon and Schuster

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• Pay attention to the inner voice that tells you when something feels right. Much of your creative problem-solving occurs at an unconscious level.

  Nita Leland

  Voice, Creative, Attention

  Nita Leland (2006). “The New Creative Artist”, p.18, North Light Books

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• It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

  Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.19, St. Martin's Press

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• A problem is a chance for you to do your best.

  Duke Ellington

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year.

  John Foster Dulles

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

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• The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.

  Theodore Isaac Rubin

  Success, Encouragement, Determination

  Theodore Isaac Rubin (1983). “One to one: understanding personal relationships”, Viking Pr

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• It's all about one thing: creative problem-solving to get the story out.

  Robert Greenberg

  Design, Creative, Stories

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• Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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  Don't dwell on what went wrong.
  Instead, focus on what to do next.
  Spend your energies on moving forward
  toward finding the answer.

  Denis Waitley

  Success, Moving On, Letting Go

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• The mere formulation of a problem is far more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skills. To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle requires creative imagination and marks real advances in science.

  Albert Einstein

  Education, Real, Creativity

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• Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.

  Richard Bach

  Inspirational, Funny, Witty

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• It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.

  John Steinbeck

  Life, Good Morning, Adversity

  John Steinbeck (2008). “Sweet Thursday”, p.180, Penguin

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• When someone comes to you to talk about a problem, if you move the conversation on to a discussion of potential solutions, you fuel their creative problem solving abilities on average by 20% - not to mention you make them feel better! You make them smarter and more empowered to tackle challenges.

  Michelle Gielan

  Moving, Feel Better, Average

  Source: www.goodreads.com

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• When the solution is simple, God is answering.

  Albert Einstein

  Love, Life, Positive

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• People in good moods are better at inductive reasoning and creative problem solving.

  Peter Salovey

  Leadership, People, Creative

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