Quotes About Innovation

I spent most of my career operating businesses and fixing businesses, not staring at a Bloomberg screen.

Oftentimes, when I'm trying to get inspired, I'll find myself just staring at the wall and let the fans inspire me to get creative.

Chefs don't become chefs just to earn stars - that's not the goal.

Shooting Stars' changed panel shows a bit for ever, I think.

You know, technology CEOs like to think of themselves as rock 'n roll stars.

In Harvest of Stars, there is this notion, not original with me of course, that it will become possible to download at least the basic aspects of a human personality into a machine program.

The music industry doesn't exist the way it used to. You'll never have another star like the stars of the '90s.

There's enough music in the world. There are enough rock stars.

There are just moments when all the stars are aligned for breakthrough products.

It's in my stars to invent; I was born on Madame Curie's birthday. I have this need for originals, for innovation. That's why I like Charlie Parker.

If you don't invest in basic research at some stage you start losing the basis of applied research.

Electronics are getting more and more accessible now - you don't have to be an engineer to start building things.

The government should not be in control of the private sector. You create opportunity, you create business, you create development, you hand it to the investor and start creating something new.

The best ideas start as conversations.

When developing an idea, I remind myself not to start with compromise. I envision the ideal manifestation of the idea, as if I had no limits in resources, materials, or permission.

Once you start doing only what you've already proven you can do, you're on the road to death.

Those that start things have an advantage over those that follow.

Honestly, as a director, at least for me, if I start doing the same thing over and over again, I'm going to get bored really quickly.

You don't start a company because you want to be an entrepreneur or the fame and glory that comes along with it. You become an entrepreneur, and you create a company to solve a real problem. And by real problem, I mean a problem that is going to exist down the line.

It's amazing how ideas start out, isn't it?

I always follow the same idea: Start small and disrupt to create something big.

When the world becomes standard, I will start caring about standards.

Lease terms don't fit start-up lives.

On Day One, a start-up is a faith-based initiative built on guesses.