Idea Champion Mugs

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

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

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

"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"

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

Soldier armed with a pen.

Blue sky thinking

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

GPC needs to make its new formula foolproof.

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

Lateral Thinking - Not Out & Not In trays.

"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?"

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

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

Caricature of Noam Chomsky

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

Suggestion and 'outside-the-box' suggestions.

Innovate or die.

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

Ideas Man

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

A man stealing another person's ideas

'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."

'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."

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

The Solution!

Inspiration