Problem Definition Quotes

The formulation of the problem is often more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skill.

a problem well put is half solved.

An approximate answer to the right problem is worth a good deal more than an exact answer to an approximate problem.

To solve a problem, you have to be able to state what the problem is or at least say the name.

To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.

Design is a response to a specific problem. You are given a problem to solve, and then you let the problem itself tell you what your solution is.

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

If you don't define the problem you'll never reach a painful solution.

How you define a problem shapes how you address it.

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

No problem can be solved until it is reduced to some simple form. The changing of a vague difficulty into a specific, concrete form is a very essential element in thinking.

A problem is a question you haven't yet answered to a level that has fulfilled you.

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

If you want to think new thoughts that are different, then do what creative people do - get the problem reasonably clear and then refuse to look at any answers until you've thought the problem through carefully how you would do it, how you could slightly change the problem to be the correct one.

Just because we have the best hammer, does not mean that every problem is a nail.

What we can afford least is to define the problem of future war as we would like it to be and, by doing so, introduce into our defense vulnerabilities based on self-delusion.

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

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

To arrive at the definition of the problem he must begin by finding the 'critical factor'. This is the element (or elements) in the situation that has to be changed before anything else can be changed, moved, acted upon.

Dualism makes the problem insoluble; materialism denies the existence of any phenomenon to study, and hence of any problem.

So one could say that the only real problem is dysfunctional thinking, the rest are challenges, not problems.

Solutions to problems often depend upon how they're defined.

The first step to problem solving is figuring out who's got the problem.

Most problems precisely defined are already partially solved.