Alex Faickney Osborn quotes
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“Reading supplies bread for imagination to feed on and bones for it to chew on.”
-- Alex Faickney OsbornSource : Alex Faickney Osborn (1960). “Applied imagination: principles and procedures of creative problem-solving”
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“Necessity may be mother of invention, but fun is the father.”
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“As in the piling up of hypothetical alternatives, creative accidents follow the law of probabilities the more we fish, the more likely we are to get a strike.”
-- Alex Faickney OsbornSource : Alex Faickney Osborn (1953). “Applied imagination: principles and procedures of creative thinking”, New York
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“If you go fishing you may not catch any fish. If you don't go fishing, you'll never catch any fish.”
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“Worry is essentially a misuse of imagination.”
-- Alex Faickney OsbornSource : Alex Faickney Osborn (1948). “Your Creative Power: How to Use Imagination”
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“Imagination is vital to precautionary judgement.”
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“Imagination is the cornerstone of human endeavor.”
-- Alex Faickney OsbornSource : Alex Faickney Osborn (1953). “Applied imagination: principles and procedures of creative thinking”
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“Creativity is more than mere imagination. It is imagination inseparably coupled with both intent and effort.”
-- Alex Faickney OsbornSource : Alex Faickney Osborn (1953). “Applied imagination: principles and procedures of creative thinking”
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“Observation capitalizes inspiration.”
-- Alex Faickney OsbornSource : Alex Faickney Osborn (1953). “Applied imagination: principles and procedures of creative thinking”, New York
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“It is easier to tone down a wild idea than to think up a new one.”
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“Each of us has an Aladdin's Lamp which psychologists call creative imagination.”
-- Alex Faickney OsbornSource : Alex Faickney Osborn (1942). “How to Think Up”
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“Whatever creative success I gained was due to my belief that creative power can be stepped up by effort, and that there are ways in which we can guide our creative thinking.”
-- Alex Faickney OsbornSource : Alex Faickney Osborn (1948). “Your Creative Power: How to Use Imagination”
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“Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom while discouragement often nips it at the bud. Creativity is now something we can turn on and off like a faucet. It is an experience and expression in our lives that must be nurtured. This nurturing process means that creativity is at once a skill, an art, and a life-style.”
-- Alex Faickney OsbornSource : Alex Faickney Osborn (1953). “Applied imagination: principles and procedures of creative thinking”
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“Any of us will put out more and better ideas if our efforts are appreciated.”
-- Alex Faickney OsbornSource : Alex Faickney Osborn (1960). “Applied imagination: principles and procedures of creative problem-solving”
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“Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud. Any of us will put out more and better ideas if our efforts are appreciated.”
-- Alex Faickney Osborn
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