Alex Osborn - The right idea is often the opposite of the obvious

The right idea is often the opposite of the obvious.

Alex F. Osborn

An American advertising executive and the author of the creativity technique named brainstorming.

Design & Arts
Marketing & Advertising

Creativity & Ideas

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As we get more technically driven, the importance of people becomes more than it’s ever been before. You have to utilize who you are in your work. Nobody else can do that: nobody else can pull from your background, from your parents, your upbringing, your whole life experience.

David Carson

An American graphic designer and surfer, best known for his innovative magazine design (Ray Gun), and use of experimental typography.

Creativity & Ideas
Experience
Technology

If you have no intuitive sense of design, then call yourself an “information architect” and only use Helvetica.

David Carson

An American graphic designer and surfer, best known for his innovative magazine design (Ray Gun), and use of experimental typography.

Creativity & Ideas
Talent

There is no such thing as a new idea. It is impossible. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental kaleidoscope. We give them a turn and they make new and curious combinations. We keep on turning and making new combinations indefinitely, but they are the same old pieces of colored glass that have been in use through all the ages.

Mark Twain

Entrepreneur, publisher, lecturer, and the father of American literature and the greatest humorist the United States has produced.

Creativity & Ideas

I start with the laugh and work backwards from there.

Bill Bailey

English actor, comedian, musician and singer. Known for creative ways of incorporating music into his comedy.

Creativity & Ideas
Design Thinking

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