... different from many
of the other high graded martial artists -it is the fault of a
system that teaches only the physical response. It is also the
fault ofthe grading system that elevates the Dan grades ... killing another person ofthe same
species 95% ofthe people couldn't do it. They shot their
bullets into the ground, high into the air or they didn't shoot
at all. Hence the need for ... later) -at the point of actually killing another
human being, even at the threat of being killed themselves -
95% ofthe soldiers became conscientious objectors. That is,
at the point of actually...
... reading
about other people’s attempts in the files ofthe patent office.
You go home and sketch your invention, and then make a
model of it.
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Use the stepping
stones of analogy
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they make their names as discoverers or inventors. Compare
the following list of inventions in the box below with the
occupations of their inventors:
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Invention ... in the Arab Legion,
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About the author
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The...
... in their varied fields. Over the
years, Jeff Koons has become a dear friend. He
generously allowed us to use the image of one of
my favorite works of art, Rabbit, on the cover of
Chapter 1
The ... 107 or 108 of
the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without
either the prior written permission of the
Publisher, or authorization through payment of the
appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright
Clearance ... instinctively.
The project that is consuming much of my
attention these days is the construction of The
Broad, our new museum in downtown Los
Angeles. Despite the daunting amount of work that
is filling their...
... or
furniture." It is the fear of what Mrs.
Grundy may say that keeps the noses of
many worthy families to the grindstone. In
would not tear a new sheet of paper, if
they could avoid it, for the world. ... they were but five years
old, their father could find no toy to please
them like a puzzle. They are natural
mechanics; but the other eight or nine boys
have different aptitudes. I belong to the
latter ... even, will not stop
the smart. Many of our ancestors knew
very little about the principle of
ventilation. They did not know much about
oxygen, whatever other "gin" they might
have been...
... connect the seemingly
unconnected.
William Plomer
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Artof Creative Thinking 1-134:Creative Thinking ... wanted.’
One ofthe prime aims of education, it could be argued, is to
develop such an inquisitive mind. The whole artof teaching,’
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Art of Creative Thinking 1-134:Creative ... face of a
statue ofthe Buddha. He felt that he could see a resemblance
between the look of Buddha’s face and how he imagined the
front ofthe motorbike would be. Having spent the rest of the
week...
... and the front of a motorcycle?
Everything has been thought of before, but the problem is
to think of it again.
Goethe
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Art of Creative Thinking 1-134:Creative Thinking ... reading
about other people’s attempts in the files ofthe patent office.
You go home and sketch your invention, and then make a
model of it.
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Use the stepping
stones of analogy
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The implication is that below the surface of familiarity there is
a wonderful unknown world to be explored.
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Art of Creative Thinking 1-134:Creative Thinking...
... some of
the mixture on to the top of a hot stove. The heat vulcanized it
at once. Goodyear immediately saw the solution to the
problem that had baffled him for years.
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Art ... and to combine them into
some new forms – the power to connect the seemingly
unconnected.
William Plomer
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Art of Creative Thinking 1-134:Creative Thinking 3/4/07 ... exceptional talents, other than a passionate
curiosity.
Einstein
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tennis court. The idea for ‘rinsing’...
... policy of being a listener:
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human face the same sort of expression ofthe process of
growth ... wanted.’
One ofthe prime aims of education, it could be argued, is to
develop such an inquisitive mind. The whole artof teaching,’
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Art of Creative Thinking 1-134:Creative ... means of
getting an idea off your chest. But for the artist the act of
careful analytical observation is only part ofthe story. Ideas
and emotions are fused into the paint in the heat of inspira-
tion....
... ideas.
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Hindus used the ... when transplanted into another
mind than in the one where they sprung up.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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ideas
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At this stage it doesn’t matter too much if the...
... with their tentacles,
and are seized, devoured and digested. Think of me as the
jellyfish, and the captured victims become the plots, the
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memories and emotions as some ofthe Freudians taught, the
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coming from other ... truth.
Imagination is the vision that sees the possibilities of the
materials and resources we have.
Anon
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... That lies beyond the willingness
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The first characteristic of original thinking, according ... Frost
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a halfway stage. During the process of working out, other
fresh ideas and developments of ... return
– are antithetical to this basic attitude of trust. They drive
away what they long for. ‘If winter comes, can spring be far
behind?’
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... time, and
these are negative states within the kingdom ofthe positive.
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Chaos often breeds ... rather than
creative. But none ofthe hard work is wasted. The mind
connects things in unbelievable ways. And at the end, it all
pours out.
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Art of Creative Thinking ... aware – these are the true
aims and duties of criticism.
To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
Plutarch
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moments of ... it is over and you contemplate it, then there are
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of your own life. For your life is not ... myself’.
There are times that do seem conducive to the work of the
Depth Mind, times of prolonged solitude, for example, or
Sleep on the Problem
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