Brainstorming Quotes

My best ideas come in the shower, where I'm showered with water, but also ideas. ~ Ryan Lilly

Writers know - especially new writers - [that] a lot of it [creative process] is the prewriting stage, the talking, brainstorming, the narrative arc and the character sketches. ~ Jenna Bush

Many fans don't have the leisure time to track my every word. They're too busy brainstorming solutions to the economic crisis and winning Pulitzers. ~ Michael Showalter

Brainstorming, for me, takes place in my bed at night between the time I turn out my lights and I finally fall asleep. It is not a very violent storm, but what's happening is I am just thinking about different ideas and maybe things I've seen that day that I think might make a good story. ~ Chris Van Allsburg

The fatal misconception behind brainstorming is that there is a particular script we should all follow in group interactions ... [W]hen the composition of the group is right - enough people with different perspectives running into one another in unpredictable ways - the group dynamic will take care of itself. All these errant discussions add up. In fact, they may even be the most essential part of the creative process. Although such conversations will occasionally be unpleasant - not everyone is always in the mood for small talk or criticism - that doesn't mean that they can be avoided. The most creative spaces are those which hurl us together. It is the human friction that makes the sparks. ~ Jonah Lehrer

The art of creation is older than the art of killing. ~ Ed Koch

Many creative minds, just like many light bulbs, lit up simultaneously, could lead to brainstorming and breakthrough innovation. ~ Pearl Zhu

Brainstorming is the nexus of ideas. ~ Asa Don Brown

Knowledge is being applied to knowledge itself. It is now fast becoming the one factor in production, sidelining both capital and labour. ~ Peter Drucker

Brainstorming sounds like a great idea, but it doesn't work. Dozens of studies have demonstrated this conclusively. People produce more good ideas - twice as many - alone than they do together. One problem with brainstorming is ~ Eric Weiner

Let's put on our Thinking Caps and see if we can't have an idea,' said Cricket, passing the caps around. ~ Anna Rose Wright

A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free. ~ Nikos Kazantzakis

I sometimes compare my brainstorming on paper to the drilling of oil wells. The only way to strike oil is to drill a lot of wells. ~ Tom Monaghan

The complete recipe for imagination is absolute boredom. ~ Criss Jami

An idea that's BOLD is worthless until SOLD! ~ Don The Idea Guy Snyder

Murder mystery featuring woman detective and two suicide/murder victims. Threw in three read herring suspects before the big reveal (the cuckolded wife) which I saw coming. Way too much brainstorming different scenarios by the detective and her partner. They dreamed up every possible scenario but "the Easter Bunny did it", seemingly to fill pages. Meh. ~ Carolyn Arnold

The best way to overcome your fear of creativity, brainstorming, intelligent risk-taking, or navigating a tricky situation might be to sprint. ~ Seth Godin

You can feel creative tension when you sense the freedom to be creative, the harmony not via compliance only, but through brainstorming. ~ Pearl Zhu

I've always loved brainstorming with other writers, and I consider having my work critiqued a part of that brainstorming. ~ Jay Asher

Other case studies demonstrate that brainstorming is as essential to creativity as exercise is to a healthy heart. ~ Tim Brown

I was taught to think outside the box. Before my grandfather was one of the original Mad Men, he and a group of other Air Force Intelligence officers formalized brainstorming as a problem solving technique. He taught the concept that creativity can be taught at Buffalo University. My dad invented toys. My mom was a photographer. ~ M.J. Rose

Natural resources have dropped out of the competitive equation. In fact, a lack of natural resources may even be an advantage. Because the industries we are competing for - the industries of the future - are all based on brainpower. ~ Lester Thurow

Women's networks are a necessary part of life. A mixture of empathy and brainstorming can move mountains. ~ Hazel Hawke

A brainstorm about the difference between rain and brain: a b, although both are juicy like water... but if it rained in the brain would that mean that ocurred a brainwash? and if so what would be the cure for that?? That's rough for sure. But if the rain plays mainly in the land would it land instead of fail to fall?? What's the meaning of it all? i'm a brainiac with some brainy thoughts.. ~ Ana Claudia Antunes

My ideas fuck like rabbits. ~ Darnell Lamont Walker

I'm in the process of brainstorming with my marketing team and all that stuff, trying to come up with a concept for a late-night restaurant for people in Birmingham. ~ Ruben Studdard

We would like to believe that we are not in the business of surviving but in being good, and we do not like to admit to ourselves that we are good in order to survive. ~ Dorothy Rowe

As I get older it gets harder and harder to hold on to the ephemeral excitement. When a documentary, or a screenplay, or even just a brainstorming session is going well I get to experience sense of hope, and expansiveness, even if it's just for a moment. ~ Andrew Neel

We were supposed to be brainstorming. But, unfortunately, my brain was farting. ~ Rachel Renee Russell

He saw firsthand the way that the Disney people took advantage of the open floor plan, sharing information and brainstorming. Steve was a big believer in the power of accidental mingling; he knew that creativity was not a solitary endeavor. ~ Ed Catmull

I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block; the problem is idea block. ~ Jeffery Deaver

Meet regularly with your business team and brainstorm. Intricate business problems are mostly resolved at brainstorming sessions. ~ Richard Branson

Writing is an art, a craft, and a science. ~ Mari Anne Christie

Brainstorming had four rules: 1. Don't judge or criticize ideas. 2. Be freewheeling. The wilder the idea, the better. 3. Go for quantity. The more ideas you have, the better. 4. Build on the ideas of fellow group members. ~ Susan Cain

Cognitive flexibility is an important executive function that reflects our ability to shift thinking and to produce a steady flow of creative thoughts and answers as opposed to a regurgitation of the usual responses. The trait correlates with high-performance levels in intellectually demanding jobs. So if you have an important afternoon brainstorming session scheduled, going for a short, intense run during lunchtime is a smart idea. ~ John J. Ratey

No! I had too many variables! Two of those variables were actually the same variable, so I revised the equation and then it all made perfect sense!" Ada was truly excited. "You seem truly excited, Lady Ada," said Anna cautiously. ~ Jordan Stratford

The other extremely important point I wish to make is the importance of taking not only mental action on your own, but also taking emotional action on your own, and physical action on your own. For example, let's say you are looking for a job. It is definitely a good idea to pray to GOD and the Masters for help and they will help you. It is also essential, however, for you to not only do your own brainstorming and planning and thinking about what you want to do and how you are going to find this job, but it is essential to take physical action and do something. You may have to go for job interviews. You may have to go to parties or social gatherings and network with people. You have to act when opportunities arise. ~ Joshua Stone

Make sure you pick one up as you leave class so you can start brainstorming ideas. That's it. Class dismissed. ~ Jessica Sorensen

Extraverts are comfortable thinking as they speak. Introverts prefer slow-paced interactions that allow room for thought. Brainstorming does not work for them. Email does. ~ Laurie Helgoe

I do all of my good thinking at over 65 miles per hour. The speed limit is, luckily, the same speed as my brainstorming speed. ~ Maggie Stiefvater

My ideas often come from strong mental images. When I'm observing some relatively ordinary thing, I'll think, "What if ... " and out of that brainstorming a story emerges. ~ Cassandra Clare

We don't usually start out with a plot that we can pitch in two lines. We spend a year brainstorming and discussing ideas that are sometimes of a visual nature, sometimes just about characters and then we try to structure the story. ~ Joachim Trier

BRAINSTORMING! Every night after dinner - which is usually something like tuna noodle casserole made with cream-of-wallpaper soup - I escape to the privacy of my bedroom. ~ James Patterson

At IDEO we have dedicated rooms for our brainstorming sessions, and the rules are literally written on the walls: Defer judgment. Encourage wild ideas. Stay focused on the topic. The most important of them, I would argue, is "Build on the ideas of others. ~ Tim Brown

I spent the rest of that day brainstorming. How do you catch a very old, very alert tiger by surprise? Use his weaknesses: food, feminine wiles, poetry, and over-protectiveness. The poor guy didn't stand a chance. ~ Colleen Houck

There's an old saying that great writing is simple but not easy, and so it is. The search for that one plain but inobvious [SIC] word that will do the work of five, the agony of untangling a complex idea that has become a mess of phrases in the writer's mind, the willingness to keep doing it over and over again until it is right
all of that plus some luck yields prose so clear that it seems a child could have written it. ~ William Souder

There's a school of thought that says if you legalize drugs it will solve the problem. We're all good liberals, we said let's do it and see what happens. We wanted to be honest about it. So in our brainstorming sessions we'd say, what if? The finding was that all the negative things came out also. The answer is that we didn't believe in the full legalization of drugs. But we don't believe in the criminalization of drugs, either. ~ George Pelecanos

If brainstorming becomes 'blamestorming' by reason of time pressure or on account of pure laziness, the truth may be assaulted and unyieldingly vilified . Blamestorming becomes then downright a perfidious appeal to scapegoating with a torrent of frantic manhunts for 'culprits on duty'. ('Blamestorming') ~ Erik Pevernagie

The smell of roses, my children's bright eyes and smiles, laughing with my husband, walking on the beach, using my hands to do crafts or play guitar, brainstorming, and drinking coffee, really good coffee. All this makes me come alive. ~ Lisa Loeb

The hand is the cutting edge of the mind. ~ Jacob Bronowski

I do a lot of brainstorming with my editors. ~ Sara Shepard

Creativity is not the domain of one single person. Through free-association of thoughts and brainstorming, an accidental suggestion can be the best solution. ~ Joshua Fernandez