Full Idea
The art of constructing a problem is very important: you invent a problem, a problem-position, before finding a solution.
Gist of Idea
Before we seek solutions, it is important to invent problems
Source
Gilles Deleuze (A Conversation: what is it? What is it for? [1977], I)
Book Reference
Deleuze,Gilles: 'Dialogues II' [Continuum 2006], p.1
A Reaction
I get the impression that Deleuze prefers problems to solutions, so the activity of exploring the problem is all that really matters. Sceptics accuse philosophers of inventing pseudo-problems. We must first know why 'problematising' is good.