Quotes About Innovation

I think an artist's true worth comes through an inter-generational thing - when you go beyond your own time, and start influencing people in a greater way than just what surrounds you.

I'm really interested in harvesting surplus energy, energy that surrounds but we never really use.

A lot of mythology surrounds British inventor Geoffrey Pyke. He supposedly made people come to his bedside to see his designs because getting up and getting dressed took too long.

With Liquid Robotics' innovative technology and Boeing's leading intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance solutions, we are helping our customers address maritime challenges in ways that make existing platforms smarter, missions safer, and operations more efficient.

Once archaeologists have shown possible 'new' ancient features, they can import the data into their iPads and take it to the field to do survey or excavation work. Technology doesn't mean we aren't digging in the dirt anymore - it's just that we know better where to dig.

In America, they never make anything without first having a market survey to ask the public what they want. People only ask for things they already know about, so you don't get anything new that way. That's why American fashion is stuck.

When we started NFL Films, there were no focus groups, there were no demographic studies, there were no surveys. Every decision that we made, we made with our hearts, not with our heads. And, in the very beginning, we really didn't even have a business plan.

Nanotechnology in medicine is going to have a major impact on the survival of the human race.

Adaptability and constant innovation is key to the survival of any company operating in a competitive market.

Sex in space is not just a good idea, it's survival.

You have to seed internal disruptors. You need sources of internal disruption. They don't guarantee your survival, but you have got to try.

Entrepreneurship is like a computer game in which you have to master every level before achieving success. Startups repeatedly stumble and have to go back to the drawing board. The best way to skip some levels and to increase the odds of survival is to learn from others who have already played the game.

The packaged food business environment is very Darwinian. You're fighting for survival every year; you evolve and grow or you die. It's really that simple.

Absolutely the United States should lead in space, for the survival of the United States. It's inspiring for the next generation. If we lose leadership, then we'll be using Chinese capability to inspire Americans.

Somewhat sadly, the survival of many bookstores now depends on selling merchandise other than books.

Imagination is an instrument of survival.

Do we really want to continue to push out the envelope of survival only to see other things crop up that we may not like?

Exploration is an oft-lauded human activity, and one that resonates in the same way that music and good stories do. It's hard-wired into our species (and into many others), no doubt because it has survival value. Exploration occasionally rewards those who accept its risks, usually with new resources.

For Dylan, it seems, life is always the next gig. Changing pace and location are essential to his survival as an artist.

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

If you don't jump on the new, you don't survive.

Without disruptions, startups can't survive.

Bob Dylan enabled rock & roll to grow up and survive. He injected the power of language and ideas into the music.

Ideas percolate. Through natural selection, the best ones survive.