David M. Kelley Quotes

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

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

Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas.

What makes me different as a scientist is that I'm kind of imaginative. The ideas just happen.

Creative thinking - in terms of idea creativity - is not a mystical talent. It is a skill that can be practised and nurtured.

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

You can't teach someone to be imaginative.

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

Good and bad ideas both come from the same fountain of speculation and experiment.

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 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.

Creativity requires novelty. Imagination is all about counterfactuals and untested possibilities that don't yet exist.

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.

Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That's because they were able to connect experiences they've had and synthesize new things.

Sometimes I think that creativity is a matter of seeing, or stumbling over, unobvious similarities between things - like composing a fresh metaphor, but on a more complex scale.

Creativity is putting your imagination to work, and it's produced the most extraordinary results in human culture.

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

There are really three parts to the creative process. First there is inspiration, then there is the execution, and finally there is the release.

A creative mindset is in increasingly high demand: employers are vying for workers who are able to dream big and deliver big with the next must-have product. Creative thinking fuels innovation, it leads to new goods and services, creates jobs and delivers substantial economic rewards.

I just get silly inside my head and I start to think about something and in my head I start twisting it around, contorting it and envisioning it in different ways.

First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.

I don't like this idea of Method. I come from that school, but what I was taught was that it's your imagination. You do your homework, and you use your imagination.

Companies have too many experts who block innovation. True innovation really comes from perpendicular thinking.

I'm interested in creating new work.

I'm always thinking about whatever game I'm working on. My brain works subconsciously on design pretty much every hour I'm awake.