Quotes About Innovation

My talent is getting things to work that people think are many decades in the future. I say we can make them happen now.

I love to laugh, I love color, I love texture, and I love creativity, so I was always inspired by people who incorporate those things in their work.

There definitely isn't a structure anymore to how I get ideas. A lot of times I'll just write down a phrase, or I'll have an idea that's attached to just a few chords. Other times, it's work.

What I love about the environment we live in and we work in, is that there are no boundaries anymore. We can do a lot of different things. It keeps us going.

You only get points when you make something the market wants. So if you work really hard on the wrong things, no one will care.

Be suspicious of any work that is not building product or getting customers.

If you're not in college and you don't know a cofounder, the next best thing I think is to go work at an interesting company.

One of the pieces of advice that we give at YC is: try to work together on a project rather than just doing an interview.

The best founders work on things that seem small but they move really quickly. They get things done really quickly.

I like Alexander McQueen's work a lot: he's always pushing boundaries, and he's rough around the edges.

All too often, when creative people pick out someone else's creative work as an inspiration, what they end up with is very, very far from the original.

Whatever you can think, you can create; just have a very clear vision... Once you have your snapshot, work on filling in the blanks to get to that place.

I get inspired by creativity, when people are together. You know what I mean, there's a certain synergy when people work together.

I've always been inspired by a lot of work coming out of the UK

If you work on a new product launch, spent time in a new geography, or work to develop a completely new skill, you have no choice but to figure out new ways to solve problems.

You can always figure out how to deliver things in somewhat controlled situations, but when you start to get into the reality of the market you start to figure out what isn't going to work.

Every actor wants to find a piece of work that's innovative and powerful and moving.

The market is ridiculously overcrowded with early stage investors. This results in a talent drain, where the best talent gets diffused and work for their own startups.

The instinct to produce great work doesn't require a fancy notebook.

You are far more likely to do your best work if you are willing to delight a few as opposed to soothe the masses.

Great work is always shunned at first.

Great work is the result of seeking out tension, not avoiding it.

The only people who get paid what they're worth are people who don't follow the instruction book, who create art, who are innovative, who work without a map.

By my definition, most art has nothing to do with oil paint or marble. Art is what we're doing when we do our best work.