Theodor W. Adorno Quotes

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

With vertical thinking one may look for different approaches until one finds a promising one. With lateral thinking one goes on generating as many approaches as one can even after one has found a promising one. With vertical thinking one is trying to select the best approach but with lateral thinking one is generating different approaches for the sake of generating them.

Sherlock Holmes observed that once you have eliminated the impossible then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the answer. I, however, do not like to eliminate the impossible.

If you can't solve a problem, it's because you're playing by the rules

It's only by thinking even more crazily than philosophers do that you can solve their problems.

I used my mind, and then eventually the method I used allowed me to master my craft.

Pat answers to complex problems are the hallmark of intellectual mediocrity

My goal is to create a therapy of ideas, to try to bring in new ideas so that we can see the same old problems differently.

To 'see both sides' of a problem is the surest way to prevent its complete solution. Because there are always more than two sides.

Imagination plus innovation equals realization.

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.

My hope is that design thinking becomes an innovative discipline and not just the trend of the decade. As a nation and globally, we have some of the biggest problems to solve we have ever faced. We need innovative ways to solve our problems and communicating the solutions will be paramount. Original thinking, complex problem solving, and collaboration are all important skills for our future.

Alternative models are neither right nor wrong, just more or less useful in allowing us to operate in the world and discover more and better options for solving problems.

To draw true beauty shows a master's hand.

Some people are aware of another sort of thinking which... leads to those simple ideas that are obvious only after they have been thought of... the term 'lateral thinking' has been coined to describe this orther sort of thinking; 'vertical thinking' is used to denote the conventional logical process.

There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.

We should never allow ourselves to be bullied by an either-or. There is often the possibility of something better than either of these two alternatives.

The alternative to thinking in evolutionary terms is not to think at all.

Critiquing relieves you of the responsibility of doing integrative thinking.

Look for the second right answer.

In The 3rd Alternative, Stephen Covey urges us to chart a course beyond the suboptimal solutions to all our crises - beyond left and right, and beyond the many false choices in front of us. The 3rdAlternative is a wise and welcome echo of Einstein's warning that the problems we're facing today cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.

The biggest problem is getting beyond the "you can't" syndrome. The moment you figure that out, you're on your way to flying. Anyone who cannot see problems around him or herself is utterly blind. All the problems sitting there are an invitation for you to be creative, make use of your skills and resources and find a solution.

When a man has a problem very thoroughly and can't solve it, he really has too few problems. He needs more.

If I know everything around the situation, all the facts, I feel like I can handle just about anything.

In the hands of a master, light and shade is one of the great qualities of art.