Quotes About Innovation

Well, I think that - I think leadership's always been about two main things: imagination and courage.

Art does not reproduce the visible; it makes visible.

The Internet's impact on the economy has been no greater than the fax machine's….ten years from now, the phrase "information economy" will sound silly. (1997)

One of the largest problems in getting a new design accepted by an established manufacturer is not just the 'not invented here' syndrome, but also the 'we don't have the tooling' syndrome. Why invent something new when you can simply modify what you have?

Business is all about solving people's problems - at a profit.

Con la infotecnología (o tecnología de la información), sin embargo, grandes tramos del proyecto socialista utópico han pasado a ser posibles:

Now, here's a more intriguing game: imagine if Amazon, Toyota or Boeing tried to create Wikipedia. Without

When I turned about 12 or 13, I realised that being funny wasn't about remembering jokes. It was about creating them.

If we could actually see the current digital work world encircling us, it would leave us breathless, given its reach, depth and moving parts; it would be not just a new continent but a new planet (only digital).

I knew I had to transform Alcoa... But you can't order people to change. That's not how the brain works. So I decided I was going to start by focusing on one thing. If I could start disrupting the habits around one thing, it would spread throughout the entire company

Ah, how hard it was, even half-delirious or asleep, to conceive of something new!

I think the most wonderful thing in the world is another chef. I'm always excited about learning new things about food.

I wait for the next opportunity to have something to do with food. If I get rested, my mind just starts creating new dishes - click, click, click.

Wrangham believes the cooking of food began during the time of Homo erectus, a human ancestor that lived between 1.6 million and 1.9 million years ago.

Design is everything. Everything!

Everything is design. Everything!

Don't try to be original; just try to be good.

So that is the design process or the creative process. Start with a problem, forget the problem, the problem reveals itself or the solution reveals itself and then you reevaulate it. This is what you are doing all the time.

Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations.

The designer does not, as a rule, begin with some preconceived idea. Rather, the idea is (or should be) the result of careful study and observation, and the design a product of that idea.

Don't try to be original, just try to be good.

Frequently, trite ideas or unimaginative translation of those ideas is the result not of poor subject matter but of poor interpretation of a problem.

Feel the fine qualities of creativity permeating your breasts and assuming delicate configurations.

A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.