I don't have a very logical and orderly mind.
Learning to fly an airplane taught me a way of thinking, an approach to problem-solving that was applicable and effective. Pilots are very methodical and meticulous, and artists tend not to be.
I'm very much into making lists and breaking things apart into categories.
A good designer must rely on experience, on precise, logic thinking; and on pedantic exactness. No magic will do.
I'm a process person. Process is a manifestation of values.
As to science, we may well define it for our purpose as "methodical thinking directed toward finding regulative connections between our sensual experiences".
With method and logic one can accomplish anything.
I have a very linear mind.
Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit: and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club.
I always try to stay methodical and logical with everything I do, playing cricket and making decisions.
Snowden is an orderly thinker, with an engineer's approach to problem-solving.
I believe that if you have good organizational skills, then creativity can come out of that, but it's hard to be really creative when everything is a mess. And in a restaurant, organizational skills are imperative.
When you're young you try to be methodical and philosophical, but reality keeps breaking in.