Brendon Urie Quotes

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.

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

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

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.

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

Creative ideas aren't like Jenga blocks, where they fall apart and you've got to start from scratch, though it can feel that way.

I'm not a craftsman of graphics or art or film. I'm more of an idea generator and manufacturer.

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.

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

The worlds I paint leave a lot to engage the imagination by hinting at what lies beyond the four edges of the painting. I think getting beyond the four edges of an opportunity or challenge is one of the basic skills you need in business.

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

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.

The profession of being a creative thinker is not so obvious.

Creativity requires input, and that's what research is. You're gathering material with which to build.

It's always good to take an orthogonal view of something. It develops ideas.

I like to start with the ordinary, and then nudge it, and then think, 'What happens next, what happens next?'

It's not enough to tell people to be creative; they need to know how, and what to create.

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

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

Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced.

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.

A designer is someone who constructs while he thinks, someone for whom planning and making go together.

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

Kevin's mind goes to extremely interesting places. Every time we get a script, I go, 'Oh my God, I really didn't see that coming'.