Mary Catherine Bateson Quotes

The way a problem is described is bound to influence the choice of how to solve it.

Before it can be solved, a problem must be clearly defined.

Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.

What if the way we perceive a problem is already part of the problem?

Generally, you cannot solve a problem without defining the problem completely.

If you define the problem correctly, you almost have the solution.

There is no use talking about the problem unless you talk about the solution

It is a familiar and significant saying that a problem well put is half-solved.

If you can properly define the problem, then you've already defined the solution as well.

If a user is having a problem, it's our problem.

What intrigues us as a problem, and what will satisfy us as a solution, will depend upon the line we draw between what is already clear and what needs to be clarified.

If you’ve got a problem make it a procedure and it won’t be a problem anymore.

Solving a problem simply means representing it so as to make the solution transparent.

Problems breed problems, and the lack of a disciplined method of openly attacking them breeds more problems.

It's much easier to point out the problem than it is to say just how it should be solved.

The trick is to fix the problem you have, rather than the problem you want.

You can't solve a problem until you address the problem.

To investigate a problem is, indeed, to solve it.

As a producer, you've got to be involved in helping out with solving problems.

Problem-solving typically involves the construction of discriminative stimuli

Most problems precisely defined are already partially solved.

The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.

There's no problem so great it can't be solved. If it can't be solved, it's not a problem, it's reality.

A problem adequately stated is a problem solved theoretically and immediately, and therefore subsequently to be solved, realistically.

Suppose something goes wrong? Suppose you need a big full-figure woman like me to help straighten things out?" Lula