Roger von Oech
Roger von Oech
Roger von Oechis an American speaker, conference organizer, author, and toy-maker whose focus has been on the study of creativity...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth6 February 1948
CountryUnited States of America
junkyard destination ultimate
Going to a junkyard is a sobering experience. There you can see the ultimate destination of almost everything we desired.
certainly mother necessity
Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.
life
Either you let your life slip away by not doing the things you want to do, or you get up and do them.
crazy advice mind
Here's my advice: Go ahead and be whacky. Get into a crazy frame of mind and ask what's funny about what you're doing.
thinking way becoming
The worlds of thought and action overlap. What you think has a way of becoming true.
discovery close-relationship
There is a close relationship between the "ha-ha" of humor and the "aha!" of discovery.
answers looks right-answers
Look for the second right answer.
attitude lazy answers
Am I Getting Lazy? Am I Too Busy? Am I Becoming Arrogant? Am I Getting Timid? If you answer 'yes' to any one of these questions, that's your warning to Kick that attitude!
mistake creative-juices locks
It's difficult to get your creative juices flowing if you're always being practical, following rules, afraid to make mistakes, not looking into outside areas, or under the influence of any of the other mental locks.
dream teacher growing-up
We grow up thinking that the best answer is in someone else's brain. Much of our education is an elaborate game of 'guess what's in the teacher's head?' What the world really needs to know right now is what kind of dreams and ideas are in your head.
people working-together ordinary
Most brilliance arises from ordinary people working together in extraordinary ways.
thinking
When everyone thinks alike, no one is doing very much thinking.
issues light burning
Most burning issues generate far more heat than light.
important explorers willing
It's important for the explorer to be willing to be led astray.