Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been set up by a particular sequence of experience.
Edward de Bono
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Edward de Bono
Age: 88 †
Born: 1933
Born: May 19
Died: 2021
Died: June 9
Philosopher
Physician
Psychologist
University Teacher
Republic of Malta
Edward Charles Francis Publius de Bono
Imagination
Break
Structures
Free
Sequence
Experience
Temporary
Order
Intuition
Need
Structure
Needs
Creativity
Particular
More quotes by Edward de Bono
When the story of these times gets written, we want it to say that we did all we could, and it was more than anyone could have imagined.
Edward de Bono
There's a danger in the internet and social media. The notion that information is enough, that more and more information is enough, that you don't have to think, you just have to get more information - gets very dangerous.
Edward de Bono
As competition intensifies, the need for creative thinking increases. It is no longer enough to do the same thing better . . . no longer enough to be efficient and solve problems.
Edward de Bono
A myth is a fixed way of looking at the world which cannot be destroyed because, looked at through the myth, all evidence supports the myth.
Edward de Bono
This is not about charity, it's about justice... The war against terror is bound up in the war against poverty - I didn't say that, Colin Powell said that . . .
Edward de Bono
Lateral thinking... is the process of using information to bring about creativity and insight restructuring. Lateral thinking can be learned, practised and used. It is possible to acquire skill in it just as it is possible to acquire skill in mathematics.
Edward de Bono
Studies have shown that 90% of error in thinking is due to error in perception. If you can change your perception, you can change your emotion and this can lead to new ideas.
Edward de Bono
They enjoy thinking. They enjoy being creative. They enjoy having ideas. Most people do not enjoy thinking at all.
Edward de Bono
Complexity means distracted effort. Simplicity means focused effort.
Edward de Bono
Mock the devil, and he will flee from thee.
Edward de Bono
America is not just a country, it's an idea.
Edward de Bono
If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.
Edward de Bono
A person who knows all the answers, has an opinion on everything, has a certainty backed up by rational argument, has very little possibility of further progress. Such a person is unlikely to walk away from a discussion with anything more than a reaffirmation of how right he or she has been all along.
Edward de Bono
Simplicity before understanding is simplistic simplicity after understanding is simple.
Edward de Bono
Do we have the will to make poverty history?
Edward de Bono
If you do not design the future, someone or something else will design it for you.
Edward de Bono
The effective thinker treats arrogance as the major sin of thinking.
Edward de Bono
A discussion should be a genuine attempt to explore a subject rather than a battle between competing egos.
Edward de Bono
Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.
Edward de Bono
Asking a question is the simplest way of focusing thinking...asking the right question may be the most important part of thinking.
Edward de Bono