Creative Thinker Pillows

"Og discovered fire, and Thorak invented the wheel. There's nothing left for us."

"When we said to be creative with your grant proposal presentation, this is not what was meant."

"I'm more an idea fireman."

Man Lifting Heavy Block

"Maybe it needs a caption."

License Bureau

The Algonquin Round Table

"Ok, now randomly alternate vowels and consonants and we got a name for our new drug."

Caveman is unable to attract venture capital for his square wheel invention.

Caveman turning the wheel into a bar.

'This is gonna sound crazy, but I've got an idea.'

A rock, a little wiggle room, and a Hard Place.

Problem Solving: Man rows desert island to land.

'We better first check to see if that is trash or a piece of art.'

"Impressive, Meyers, but let's stick to your quantitative projections."

"I have a lot of really good ideas, but I just can't get them down on paper."

'It's called 'The Stock Market'.'

"Any intellectual property yet, honey?"

"OK, let's hear it. But I'm warning you, it better not be another one of your half-baked ideas."

'True, we have encouraged you to use your imagination, but not in math.'

'I was just rubbing sticks together for fun -- I didn't realize I was doing basic research.'

'Sometimes it's good to get a different perspective.'

Mental Gymnastics

'All the good ideas have been already done.'

"This is Carl and Freda from Research and Development, and that's Daryl from our Crazy Dreamer Division."

'Let me start by saying I wish I had your imagination...'

The New Fundamentals of Art: 'We'll begin with the most basic figure, the trademark attorney...'

Copycats

"Take my advice, Haskins, and keep your out-of-the-box ideas to yourself."

"He's very disciplined about his writing, three hours staring at a blank screen every morning and five in the afternoon."

Advertising Agency - "...It was more moving than Martin Luther King's speech. But...will it sell dog food?"

"Wilson is our most original thinker - I want everyone to think like him."

Creative accounting

"It is the complete works of shakespeare alright but the pig's claiming he wrote them."

'You know creativity involves a high tolerance for failure, don't you?'