Roger von Oech Quotes
"Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father."
- Roger von Oech
(Related: Mother, Father, Invention, May, Necessity, Play)
"Remember the two benefits of failure. First, if you do fail, you learn what doesn't work; and second, the failure gives you the opportunity to try a new approach."
- Roger von Oech
(Related: Work, Opportunity, Failure, Benefits, First)
"Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else it might be."
- Roger von Oech
(Related: Ambiguity, World)
"Either you let your life slip away by not doing the things you want to do, or you get up and do them."
- Roger von Oech
(Related: Life, Want)
"It's important for the explorer to be willing to be led astray."
- Roger von Oech
"Most people think of success and failure as opposites, but they both are products of the same process."
- Roger von Oech
(Related: Success, People, Failure, Opposites)
"Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If you don't, it atrophies. Make a point of using it at least once a day."
- Roger von Oech
(Related: Day, Trying)
"It's easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of what worked for you two years ago, but will soon be out-of-date."
- Roger von Oech
(Related: Ideas, Will, Years)
"If you make an error, use it as a stepping stone to a new idea you might not have otherwise discovered."
- Roger von Oech
(Related: Idea, Error)