Edward de Bono Quotes



Best 15 Other Quotes by Edward de Bono

“A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen.”

“A myth is a fixed way of looking at the world which cannot be destroyed because, looked at through the myth, all evidence supports that myth.”

“An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.”

“Creativity is a great motivator because it makes people interested in what they are doing. Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea. Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone. Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting.”

“f you never change your mind, why have one?”

“In 80% of Socrates' dialogues there was no constructive outcome. He saw his role as simply pointing out what was 'wrong'.”

“It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.”

“Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of the car is separate from the way the car is driven.”

“Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic.”

“Simplicity before understanding is simplistic; simplicity after understanding is simple.”

“The image that concerns most people is the reflection they see in other people's minds.”

“The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas.”

“The simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.”

“There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.”

“We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been set up by a particular sequence of experience.”

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