Frank Lloyd Wright Quotes

Thinking is one of the most important weapons in dealing with problems

Who knows the minds of men and how they reason and what their methodology is? But I am not going to extrapolate from the General Conference backing out on my book and make it a personal issue.

I always say I have a Socratic approach to most things that I do. I pummel people with questions, because I need to know what they're thinking, what they're trying to achieve, what they believe the final outcome is going to be.

I am basically analytical, not creative; my writing is simply a creative way of handling analysis.

Writing's a great skill, but thinking's a better one.

I am a linear thinker in a lot of ways.

What I'm looking for in my interaction is critical thinking on the part of the person pitching to me.

Critical thinking is the most important factor with chess. As it is in life, you need to think before you make decisions.

I don't think I'm always right, but I would like to empower people to come to sound conclusions using a systematic way of looking at things.

Logic is a wonderful thing but doesn't always beat actual thought.

Thinking has to be learned in the way dancing has to be learned.

It doesn't matter how smart you are unless you stop and think.

Without analysis, no synthesis.

Reason and the ability to use it are two separate skills.

He that gives a portion of his time and talent to the investigation of mathematical truth, will come to all other questions with a decided advantage over his opponents.

Mechanical rules are never a substitute for clarity of thought.

We seem to have trouble with [critical thinking]. And our political system doesn't help.

Analysis and synthesis are both as necessary to the thinking spirit as inspiration and expiration to the organism.

No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.

Since I was a child, I started to ask very difficult questions; even my family was telling me all the time, 'You're a very difficult person, and we were having trouble answering your questions. Why are you asking so many questions?'

I am a very bottom-up thinker.

I think like a detective.

You cannot stop the human mind from working.

My intellect has always been more responsible than my emotions for how I respond to the world.

Fluid intelligence doesn't look much like the capacity to memorise and recite facts, the skills that people have traditionally associated with brainpower.