Annette Bening Quotes

It is not enough just to identify a problem; there are plenty of people who were very skilled at pointing out what was wrong with the world, but they were not always so adept at working out how these things could be righted.

Solve problems, make art, think deeply.

I'm trying to teach people of all ages to, number one: how to criticize, how to offer creative analysis on top of that, how to try to build things in a new direction and how to compliment people when the thing gets done.

I think I learned most from editing, both editing myself and having someone else edit me. It's not always easy to have someone criticize your work, your baby. But if you can swallow your ego, you can really learn from the editing.

What I do, basically, is look at things from different angles. That is what I do on stage comedically, and that is what I do in art. I was always fascinated by the structure of things, why things work this way and not that way. So I like to see how things behave if you change the point of view.

The more you understand what is wrong with an entity, the more valuable that entity becomes

I try to be a positive person, but I'm also always looking and wondering, 'Maybe this could be done differently.' As soon as your mind is in a critical mode, you're halfway through designing; as soon as you start thinking about whether something could be better, you're already halfway through a solution.

Think small. Don't pretend you know the answers. Experiment; get feedback. These are all the premises of 'Think Like a Freak,' really.

I’m not against thinking; I’m only against thinking that thinking on its own will get you out of a hole. Shovel also needed.

I think being a producer makes you a problem solver, so you kind of go, "Well there's a problem. What do we do? How do we solve it?"

I don't think all of my ideas are good. It's almost easier when people are critical of you because it helps with the quality control.

To investigate a problem is, indeed, to solve it.

I think I was always inspired by seeing a problem, and finding a solution.

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

I'm a problem-solver.

Yes - it's the same in any other work - the more you massage your thinking the more capable I believe you are of expanding how you go about things and learning.

If you criticise something then you have to have an alternative, but we do have to try and improve things.

I believe that when you find problems, you should also find solutions.

If you are unable to understand the cause of a problem it is impossible to solve it.

I guess some people are brilliant enough to be brilliant on their own and never doubt anything and come up with fabulous things. But I think it's good to get into arguments with people and have them say, 'That sucks' or 'You're crazy' or 'That's cheesy' or 'What do you think of this?'

Imagination is a poor matter when it has to part company with understanding.

Intellectuals are good at seeing the big picture. But they are not so good at process.

As an engineer I'm constantly spotting problems and plotting how to solve them.

People often say, 'I like your comics, even though I don't know enough math to get all of them,' as if it's some kind of club where they don't belong. But there's no club. There's just lots of people who are excited about thinking, learning, joking, and sometimes overanalyzing things.

I am interested in finding solutions to problems.