Quotes About Innovation

Ford used to have a better idea now they don't have a clue.

If there's one thing you learn by working on a lot of different Web sites, it's that almost any design idea--no matter how appallingly bad--can be made usable in the right circumstances, with enough effort.

As a rule, conventions only become conventions if they work.

Your guess [about the future of technology] is as good as mine. The only thing I'm sure of is (a) most of the predictions I hear are almost certainly wrong, and (b) the things that will turn out to be important will come as a surprise, even though in hindsight they'll seem perfectly obvious.

Sometimes time spent reinventing the wheel results in a revolutionary new rolling device. But sometimes it just amounts to time spent reinventing the wheel.

Nobody was playing the soprano saxophone and certainly nobody was trying to do anything with it. So I was all alone. I didn't know that at first.

I've been working on the soprano saxophone for 40 years, and the possibilities are astounding. It's up to you, the only limit is the imagination.

Change is the parent of progress."

Come to accept that if your methods don't change, neither will your results."

Everything is fraught with danger. I love technology and I love science. It's just always all in the way you use it. So there's no - you can't really blame anything on the technology. It's just the way people use it, and it always has been.

The big optimizations come from refining the high-level design, not the individual routines.

Copy and paste is a design error

Managing complexity is the most important technical topic in software development. In my view, it's so important that Software's Primary Technical Imperative has to be managing complexity. Complexity is not a new feature of software development.

Thinking outside-of-the-box is a tactical skill that should be practiced daily by everyone. A truly great 'strategic' skill is when someone is able to get others to think outside-of-the-box.

Ideas are bulletproof

Before the publication of this book in 1991 B.C. (Before Candlesticks), who ever heard of a candlestick chart?

Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, 'I've never seen anyone run like that before.' It's more than just a race, it's a style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative.

When an idea comes you must capture it before the idea vanishes forever. The best way to do this is to keep a pen and paper on hand at all times.

Shocking Paris,

There is a need for wisdom in art. Shock, surprise, novelty, and innovation helped to grab attention but are not substantial in themselves.

the Kindle Fire to another level beyond its out-of-the-box

Wherever smart people work, doors are unlocked.

Atari is a very sad story.

My goal wasn't to make a ton of money. It was to build good computers.