Quotes About Innovation

A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.

A great artist has to be ready to fail.

Great design is serious, not solemn

In order to do great things, you must be unafraid to recreate yourself. You can't do that holding on to a glory from yesterday.

How can great minds be produced in a country where the test of great minds is agreeing in the opinion of small minds?

One of my most productive days was throwing away 1,000 lines of code.

All great art is born of the metropolis.

The great artist, whether he be musician, painter, or poet, is known for this absolute unexpectedness.

Imagination has a great deal to do with winning.

There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway.

Every great idea starts out as a blasphemy.

Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a great idea hits you, and just before you realize what's wrong with it.

Every great idea is on the verge of being stupid.

Good artists copy, great artists steal.

Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them.

The really great thing about my shoe store is that there's not one dead animal in it.

We should be building great things that don't exist.

Great businesses are not built by extraordinary people but by ordinary people doing extraordinary things.

You've really got to get down on the floor with yourself and get low in order to make great art. I think you've just got to accept who you are and do the most unbelievable things.

Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea behind it, is simply a brutality.

I've always believed that if you want to really try and make a great film, not a good film, but a great film, you have to take a lot of risks.

A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will keep you awake during the night.

Nothing, believe me, nothing is more satisfying to me personally than getting a great idea and then beatin' it to death.

Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.