Structured Thinking Quotes

The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self. And the arbitrariness of the constraint serves only to obtain precision of execution.

Creativity thrives best when constrained.

The practice of narrative and argument does not lead to invention, but it compels a certain coherence of thought.

It's hard to do that with people who think emotionally. A lot of people think in terms of people, emotions, and feelings. That's more complicated. Engineering mentality makes it, in theory, a little easier.

I like order. It allows me to have chaos in my head.

I have trouble working off things that are too preconceived, like storyboards.

I always compartmentalized so many different things.

I am a linear thinker in a lot of ways.

Before you can think out of the box, you have to start with a box

I think constraints are very important. They're positive, because they allow you to work off something.

I wouldn't know how to think inside the box because I don't even know where it is. I wouldn't know how to do it any other way.

I don't have a very logical and orderly mind.

We've educated children to think spontaneity is inappropriate.

When faced with something complex, spend the time to think about some structure, write down sentences, think about it some more, and then share it.

I admire the linear and decisive way a certain kind of man thinks, to my curlicue boundless overthinking.

Because thought has by now been perverted into the solving of assigned problems, even what is not assigned is processed like a problem.

I think that if you're somebody who's a control freak, the process would make you crazy, but I'm kind of a process freak, so I'm excited to see what he does with it. I know it's not going to be my book, so just starting with that knowledge frees me from having to get all freaked out about it.

In Truth I found myself incorrigible with respect to Order; and now I am grown old, and my Memory bad, I feel very sensibly the want of it.

I didn't get trained by the school system like other kids, and when I did concentrate on learning, my mind was cluttered and locked by the programming of the system.

I have a very linear mind.

You know, people come up with formulas who are uncreative. They can't picture something different so they can only go by something that's laid out for them.

I think the key is that nothing's ever perfect and you've got to be able to go with change. It's a lot easier said then done because I especially like things very structured and I don't like change, but it's part of life; you've got to just deal with it.

When the world throws you too much information, the only way you can stay sane or survive is to look for pattern recognition. Amidst all the blurs, is there a constellation that emerges, is there a straight line that's emerging?

I'm generalizing wildly, but academic books find safety in explanations that reduce the chaos of social life.

You must take a definite idea, set it in the centre of your thinking, and then logically arrange your furthest thoughts in such a way that they are all closely linked with the original idea. Even if you do this for only a minute, it can be of great importance for the rhythm of the physical and etheric bodies.