Quotes About Innovation

The art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs.

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails admit it frankly and try another but above all try something.

I'm really interested in the current tech world because of my brother Michael. Since we were little kids, in the 1970s, he was dealing with the first computers. He works for the government.

The U.S. government has been preoccupied with health care 'reform, ' but this refers to improving access and insurance coverage and has little or nothing to do with innovation.

I was born in Tamil Nadu. I built HCL in UP. The first computers of the world were built in UP, and the UP government has supported us all through.

The greatest advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science and literature, in industry or agriculture, have never come from centralized government.

Not every innovation in transportation is going to come from government or even a large enterprise. There are smart people out there with tools and skills to come up with great ideas.

It used to be that the only ones with access to cutting-edge technology were top government labs, big companies and the ultra-rich. It was simply too expensive for the rest of us to afford.

Curiosity is the key to creativity.

Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.

Openness isn't the end. It's the beginning.

Remember that there's no one way of doing things. ... If you just get a hammer and hit it really hard, whatever it is, I guarantee you it'll open.

College isn't the place to go for ideas.

There are people who have figured out the exact, you know, Kanye West formula, the mix between "Graduation" and "808s," and were able to become more successful at it.

Make glorious and fantastic mistakes.

The old rules are crumbling and nobody knows what the new rules are...so make up your own rules.

When I was your age, we didn't have the Internet in our pants. We didn't even have the Internet not in our pants. That's how bad it was.

Whoever invented spray cheese had to have been a Harvard guy.

A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed and in the end must be unmeasurable.

No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.

Good companies will meet needs; great companies will create markets.

Good design is making something intelligible and memorable. Great design is making something memorable and meaningful.

I am among those who think that science has great beauty.

Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.