Adam Grant 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.

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

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

Geniuses don't have better ideas than the rest of us. They just have more of them.

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

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

I'm always looking for the creative spark. Always.

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

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.

To generate creative ideas, it's important to start from an unusual place. But to explain those ideas, they have to be connected to something familiar.

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

You can't have good ideas unless you have lots of ideas.

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.

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

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

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

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.

I'm creative; I'm not re-creative.

I think we always move from imitation to assimilation to innovation, but I can't name you 20 people outside those we've already recognized who ever got to point three: innovation.

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.

The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.

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