I do a great deal of work with young children, and if you give a child a problem, he may come up with a highly original solution, because he doesn't have the established route to it.

Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic.

In the art world, creativity involves aesthetic sensibility, emotional resonance and a gift for expression.

Studies have shown that 90% of error in thinking is due to error in perception. If you can change your perception, you can change your emotion and this can lead to new ideas.

Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.

Complacency with our traditional judgement based thinking methods is not enough. Our existing thinking habits are excellent just as the rear wheel of a motor car is excellent but not enough. We need to put far more emphasis on creative and design thinking. Judgement and analysis are not enough.

A discussion should be a genuine attempt to explore a subject rather than a battle between competing egos.