Simone Giertz Quotes

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

I apply the term 'creativity' broadly... it's problem solving. We are all faced with problems, and we have to address them and think of something new, and that's where creativity comes in.

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?'

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

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

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

Our economy is built upon convergent thinkers, people that execute things, get them done. But artists and designers are divergent thinkers: they expand the horizon of possibilities.

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

Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!

I have some ideas on how to fix that. They're not very good ideas, but at least they're ideas!

The best work for creative folks on the team is when the problem is big and the solution escapes everyone.

Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected.

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

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

An idea is salvation by imagination.

Creativity is not a mysterious thing, it's a historical thing.

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

At 'Vogue,' I was responsible for a lot of production work, and production work is highly detailed, and you have to be very resourceful to fit a square peg into a round hole. I learned to push the envelope when it comes to asking questions or making requests.

Kids have some of the best ideas - bringing new eyes to old problems.

If you want to think new thoughts that are different, then do what creative people do - get the problem reasonably clear and then refuse to look at any answers until you've thought the problem through carefully how you would do it, how you could slightly change the problem to be the correct one.

I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.

The period of time just before you awaken is the time I have my most creative thoughts and discover the best solutions.

Most organizations do not value imagination, do not encourage it, do not reward it. In many cases, they don't even think about it. But if you're not thinking about imagination, I guarantee you're not going to have meaningful innovation.

Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas.

To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.