John Cleese 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.

I know how to think outside of the box and be creative.

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.

If you really want to step up your team's creative thinking, take a hard look at how many people you're putting in a room together. More than three to five is probably too many.

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

It really hasn't been demonstrated at any level by any major corporation that it can nurture what is euphemistically called creativity.

Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may be the king.

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

I always conceive a piece as a different set of challenges.

Creativity is not just for artists. It's for businesspeople looking for a new way to close a sale; it's for engineers trying to solve a problem; it's for parents who want their children to see the world in more than one way.

I believe that the ability to innovate and to be creative are teachable processes. There are ways by which people can systematically innovate or systematically become creative.

If you just storyboard something, you've already planned it, and you're stuck in the limitations of your imagination.

You cannot ask somebody to be creative in 15 minutes and really think about a problem. You might have a quick idea, but to be in deep thought about a problem and really consider a problem carefully, you need long stretches of uninterrupted time.

You know, when you look carefully at stuff that you deal with everyday, applying a little creativity to it and thinking outside the box, it's amazing what you can do.

The best creative solutions don't come from finding good answers to the questions that are presented... They come from inventing new questions!

Telling people how to be creative is easy - being creative is difficult.

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

I just like to stay creative. Anything that can keep my mind going.

Creating is no problem - problem solving is not creating.

To be fertile in hypotheses is the first perquisite of creativity and to be willing to throw them away the moment experience contradicts them is the next.

They enjoy thinking. They enjoy being creative. They enjoy having ideas. Most people do not enjoy thinking at all.

To be creative, a person has to internalize the entire system that makes creativity possible. Creative individuals are remarkable for their ability to adapt to almost any situation and to make do with whatever is at hand to reach their goals.

The critical mind is the creative mind.