Edwin Catmull Quotes

Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem.

When trying to innovate, most people stop after 10-15 possibilities, failing to recognize that their first ideas are usually the most obvious ones.

We are all innovators, we all like to use our imagination, which is our greatest tool.

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value. It is a process; it's not random.

Usually, the best ideas come from having to fix a really hard problem.

Letting your mind play is the best way to solve problems.

My imagination ran 24/7, and to me, every problem was a challenge to solve and new product to create. It wasn't until I started teaching that I realized that not everyone's head worked the same way.

I just like having creative solutions to tricky situations.

Creativity, not money, is used to solve problems.

A disaster where marble has been substituted for imagination.

I would consider myself an inventor at heart, or reinventor.

No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.

Creativity is bound up in our ability to find new ways around old problems.

My joking answer to this question is that I leave a bowl of milk out on the back porch every night for the Idea Fairy. In the morning, the milk is gone and there's a brand-new shiny idea by the bowl.

When you have an employee who's innovative in your organization, what are they thinking about in the shower? If they're working in an exciting place, they're not thinking what they're going to do over the weekend. They're thinking: 'How do I solve that problem?'

I'm always looking for the creative spark. Always.

Creativity is a mansion. If you're empty in one room, all you have to do is go out into the hallway and enter another room that's full.

Geniuses don't have better ideas than the rest of us. They just have more of them.

Only creativity can see past problems to find solutions. This holds true for every area of life.

The imagination is how things get done. You have to cultivate creativity.

All the problems sitting there are an invitation for you to be creative, make use of your skills and resources and find a solution.

Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality, overcomes everything.

When you have a creative mind it doesn't stop going.

To me, very much of what is artistic is people's very creative and inventive ways out of impossible situations.

Imagination comes of not having things.