Quotes About Innovation

We've become a country that is often risk averse. That's not the way to succeed.

It's really important that we have an ecosystem where small innovative entrepreneurs can develop new products and access consumers and have a chance to succeed.

I get the impression that most Chinese entrepreneurs are so focussed on doing what they need to do to succeed in the Chinese market - which is a big enough challenge even for the established players - that nobody is thinking much about the longer run or the bigger global picture.

We inside Diesel are the first consumers of our advertising. We make ad campaigns for our own amusement - that's why they succeed.

Entrepreneurship requires flexibility and an open society, and there will always be people who succeed and people who follow. For those who lead, they have an obligation to create a better life for the people around them.

Ultimately Halcyon needs the greatest scientists and engineers in the world to succeed in its mission.

In order to have the next generation of modems, you would need to pour in even more R&D spending. We came to the conclusion that we're going to have a tough time to really see that we are going to succeed in the modems business.

I'm not claiming that we are the only guys who are going to succeed in the cloud. Others can succeed as well, just like in the previous generation.

I love that young bands will do anything to succeed.

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

Creativity is an act of defiance.

Before you can think out of the box, you have to start with a box

If you only do what you know and do it very, very well, chances are that you won't fail. You'll just stagnate, and your work will get less and less interesting, and that's failure by erosion

Everything is raw material. Everything is relevant. Everything is usable. Everything feeds into my creativity. But without proper preparation, I cannot see it, retain it, and use it.

Remember this when you're struggling for a big idea. You're much better off scratching for a small one.

Creativity is not just for artists. It's for businesspeople looking for a new way to close a sale; it's for engineers trying to solve a problem; it's for parents who want their children to see the world in more than one way.

We get into ruts when we run with the first idea that pops into our head, not the last one.

The goal is to connect with something old so it becomes new. Look and imagine.

Creativity is a habit and the best creativity is the result of good work habits

Too much planning implies you've got it all under control. That's boring, unrealistic, and dangerous.

Planning lets you impose order on the chaotic process of making something new, but when it's taken too far you get locked into a status quo, and creative thinking is about breaking free from the status quo, even from one you made yourself.

Everything is raw material. Everything is relevant. Everything is usable.

We want our artists to take the mundane materials of our lives, run it through their imaginations, and surprise us.

The real secret of creativity is to go back and remember.