Tim Hurson: Quotes about ideas and thoughts

Tim Hurson is Creativity theorist, author and speaker. Explore interesting quotes on idea.

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“Preliminary ideas are often weak and impure, and need to be driven through a forge in order to become powerful, workable solutions.”

Think Better: An Innovator's Guide to Productive Thinking

“The only dumb idea is, quite literally, the one that is unspoken.”

Think Better: An Innovator's Guide to Productive Thinking

“As soon as you establish concrete intention, you begin to notice all kinds of things in your world that relate to that intention. Ideas and opportunities seem to appear from nowhere, almost as though by magic.”

Think Better: An Innovator's Guide to Productive Thinking

“Even though you may have started out saying you wanted imaginative, novel ideas, the tendency to drift back into the conventional is powerful.”

Think Better: An Innovator's Guide to Productive Thinking

“Ideas are mutable. They are always capable of growing. Each time we look at them, we can see something new. We just need to give ourselves permission to do so.”

Think Better: An Innovator's Guide to Productive Thinking

“When you try to generate ideas, think of yourself as a sales person knocking on a whole subdivision of doors. Some won't open at all, some will open a suspicious crack, and some will slam in your face. But the more doors you knock on, the greater your chances of being invited in.”

Think Better: An Innovator's Guide to Productive Thinking