Idea Champion Gifts

'Do you take credit for things that others have done?'

"Hmmm ... that's interesting. Now, what about ideas that don't suck - do you have any of those?"

"You're a genius, Shaw. This is an idea whose copyright has expired."

"It's o.k., come on out."

"Ah, ha! The universe IS expanding! I can't find my glasses anywhere!"

Soldier armed with a pen.

Blue sky thinking

"Lori, go ahead and toss in 'Lolita.' Now, what's next?" "We'll need more lighter fluid." "'The Lottery' is devils work." "We must protect the children." "Book burning club"

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

GPC needs to make its new formula foolproof.

'Frankly, I'm not sure this whole idea-sharing thing is working.'

Tommy, Math quiz. It's one of his earliest pieces.

"Scientists confirmed today that everything we know about the structure of the universe is wrongedy-wrong-wrong."

Lateral Thinking - Not Out & Not In trays.

Caricature of Noam Chomsky

"I'm really great thanks. The boss loves my ideas, he says I'm ahead of my time!" "Hi John, how are you? Good meeting?"

'I'm exhausted from too much enlightened skepticism, fresh perceptive thinking, intellectual challenges and independent ideas. What I need is some simple cliche living!'

"How on earth do you get this blasted box to open...?"

"It's such a nice day. Why don't you go outside and plagiarize something?"

Suggestion and 'outside-the-box' suggestions.

Innovate or die.

"In the marketplace of ideas, we may not have the best ideas, but we have the best marketing."

'This is a 'million dollar idea', Simms, unfortunately, our debt is two million dollars.'

Ideas Man

'Your imagination was so powerful he became real. It happens to me all the time.'

"Just got back from the client meeting and great news. . . your work isn't dead. It's beaten senseless and run over by a dump truck...but still very much alive."

"It's a cautionary tale about why we shouldn't cut arts funding in schools."

A man stealing another person's ideas

The Big Idea vs The Small Change

'That's interesting Larry, but most people just use a flipchart to express their ideas.'

"We always encourage freethinking, as long as it stays within established boundaries."

"Embrace the idea, Stevens, not the ideator."

"Let's all go out & get drunk."

Inspiration

"It's the new business model - my ideas have sex with your ideas."