Roger von Oech Quotes

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Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If you don't, it atrophies. Make a point of using it at least once a day.

Roger von Oech
It's important for the explorer to be willing to be led astray.

Roger von Oech
It's easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of what worked for you two years ago, but will soon be out-of-date.

Roger von Oech
Open your mind up to things that have no connection with the problem you're trying to solve: subscribe to an unusual magazine; spend a morning at an elementary school; go to work two hours early; test drive an exotic car; attend a city council meeting;...try an Indonesian recipe.

Roger von Oech
Knowledge is the stuff from which new ideas are made. Thus, the real key to being creative lies in what you do with your knowledge.

Roger von Oech
If necessity is the mother of invention, play is the father.

Roger von Oech
The hallmark of creative people is their mental flexibility... Sometimes they are open and probing, at others they're playful and off-the-wall. At still other times, they're critical and faultfinding. And finally they're doggedly persistent in striving to reach their goals.

Roger von Oech
Going to a junkyard is a sobering experience. There you can see the ultimate destination of almost everything we desired.

Roger von Oech
The worlds of thought and action overlap. What you think has a way of becoming true.

Roger von Oech