Sketches of the River Thames and the form of a dead tree.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
How to be INNOVATIVE
USE THE STEPPING STONES OF ANALOGY
"I invent nothing; I rediscover." Rodin
MAKE THE STRANGE FAMILIAR AND THE FAMILIAR STRANGE
"Discovery consists of seeing what everyone has seen and thinking what nobody has thought." Anon
WIDEN YOUR SPAN OF RELEVANCE
"To perseive things in the germ is intelligence." Lao-Tzu
PRACTISE SERENDIPITY
"The real majic of discovery lies not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." Marcel Proust
CHANCE FAVOURS ONLY THE PREPARED MIND
"Where observation is concerned, chance favours only the prepared mind." Louis Pasteur
CURIOSITY
"Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect." Samuel Johnson
KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN
"Here is a great observer, and looks quite through the deeds of men." William Shakespeare
"If a man looks sharply and attentively, he shall see fortune; for though she is blind yet she is not invisible." Francis Bacon
LISTEN FOR IDEAS
"Give us grace to listen well." John Keble
READING TO GENERATE IDEAS
"The use of reading is to aid us in thinking." Edward Gibbon
KEEP A NOTEBOOK
"A commonplace book contains many notions in garrison, whence the owner may draw out an army into the field on competant warning." Thomas Fuller
TEST YOUR ASSUMPTIONS
"If a man begins with certainties he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he will end with certainties." Francis Bacon
MAKE BETTER USE OF YOUR DEPTH MIND
"While the fisher sleeps the net takes the fish." Ancient Greek Proverb
DO NOT WAIT FOR INSPIRATION
"Thou, O God, dost sell us all good things at the price of labour." Leonardo da Vinci
SHARPEN YOUR ANALYTICAL SKILLS
"One should never imopse one's views on a problem; one should rather study it, and in time a solution will reveal itself." Albert Einstein
SUSPECT JUDGEMENT
"Criticism often takes from the tree caterpillars and blosomes together." Jean-Paul Sartre
LEARN TO TOLERATE AMBIGUITY
"Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit." Henry Adams
DRIFT, WAIT AND OBEY
"Day-dreaming is thought's Sabbath." Amiel
SLEEP ON THE PROBLEM
"It is the heart that always sees, before the head can see." Thomas Carlyle
WORKING IT OUT
"There is an old saying 'Well begun is half done'. 'Tis a bad one. I woud use instead, 'Not begun at all till half done." John Keats
THINK CREATIVELY ABOUT YOUR LIFE
"Creativeness and creative attitude to life as a whole is not man's right, it is his duty." Nikolai Berdyaev
Quotes from 'The Art of Creative Thinking' by John Adair
"I invent nothing; I rediscover." Rodin
MAKE THE STRANGE FAMILIAR AND THE FAMILIAR STRANGE
"Discovery consists of seeing what everyone has seen and thinking what nobody has thought." Anon
WIDEN YOUR SPAN OF RELEVANCE
"To perseive things in the germ is intelligence." Lao-Tzu
PRACTISE SERENDIPITY
"The real majic of discovery lies not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." Marcel Proust
CHANCE FAVOURS ONLY THE PREPARED MIND
"Where observation is concerned, chance favours only the prepared mind." Louis Pasteur
CURIOSITY
"Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect." Samuel Johnson
KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN
"Here is a great observer, and looks quite through the deeds of men." William Shakespeare
"If a man looks sharply and attentively, he shall see fortune; for though she is blind yet she is not invisible." Francis Bacon
LISTEN FOR IDEAS
"Give us grace to listen well." John Keble
READING TO GENERATE IDEAS
"The use of reading is to aid us in thinking." Edward Gibbon
KEEP A NOTEBOOK
"A commonplace book contains many notions in garrison, whence the owner may draw out an army into the field on competant warning." Thomas Fuller
TEST YOUR ASSUMPTIONS
"If a man begins with certainties he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he will end with certainties." Francis Bacon
MAKE BETTER USE OF YOUR DEPTH MIND
"While the fisher sleeps the net takes the fish." Ancient Greek Proverb
DO NOT WAIT FOR INSPIRATION
"Thou, O God, dost sell us all good things at the price of labour." Leonardo da Vinci
SHARPEN YOUR ANALYTICAL SKILLS
"One should never imopse one's views on a problem; one should rather study it, and in time a solution will reveal itself." Albert Einstein
SUSPECT JUDGEMENT
"Criticism often takes from the tree caterpillars and blosomes together." Jean-Paul Sartre
LEARN TO TOLERATE AMBIGUITY
"Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit." Henry Adams
DRIFT, WAIT AND OBEY
"Day-dreaming is thought's Sabbath." Amiel
SLEEP ON THE PROBLEM
"It is the heart that always sees, before the head can see." Thomas Carlyle
WORKING IT OUT
"There is an old saying 'Well begun is half done'. 'Tis a bad one. I woud use instead, 'Not begun at all till half done." John Keats
THINK CREATIVELY ABOUT YOUR LIFE
"Creativeness and creative attitude to life as a whole is not man's right, it is his duty." Nikolai Berdyaev
Quotes from 'The Art of Creative Thinking' by John Adair
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