Quotes About Innovation

I thought I should make a place to bring light down into this world. All things that become realities start in that place of someone imagining them.

Andy Griffiths

a rocket-powered carrot-launcher

Just as we could have rode into the sunset, along came the Internet, and it tripled the significance of the PC.

It's the only job I can think of where I get to be both an engineer and an artist. There's an incredible, rigorous, technical element to it, which I like because you have to do very precise thinking. On the other hand, it has a wildly creative side where the boundaries of imagination are the only real limitation.

But I think Steve's main contribution besides just the pure leadership is his passion for excellence. He's a perfectionist. Good enough isn't good enough. And also his creative spirit. You know he really, really wants to do something great.

Sayings from Chairman Jobs." 1. Real artists ship. 2. It's better to be a pirate than join the navy. 3. Mac in a book by 1986.

Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations we can perform without thinking.

I don't want to rap about my car. How generic is that? Be creative.

Don't rule out working with your hands. It does not preclude using your head.

Performance capture is a technology, not a genre it's just another way of recording an actor's performance.

Dreamers dream about things being different. Visionaries envision themselves making a difference. Dreamers think about how nice it would be for something to be done. Visionaries look for an opportunity to do something.

The teaching philosophy of most companies today is similar to that of the schools I went to – lots of people sitting in a classroom, with an expert up front telling you things. I've always thought that if that was the natural way for people to learn, we ought to see four-year-olds spontaneously forming themselves into rows.

If we all got kicked off the staff and the board, and an outside group (a group of leaders who were fearlessly committed to the mission of this church) took our place, what changes would they introduce?68 What's the first thing they would do? Who would they replace? What would they refuse to fund?

What have we fallen in love with that's not as effective as it used to be? What do we love doing that's not really working? What's off limits for discussion? Do we have any "old couches" that need to be thrown out?

Leaders must challenge the process precisely because any system will unconsciously conspire to maintain the status quo and prevent change."9 Organizations seek an equilibrium.

Es absurdo pensar que nuestras ideas pueden pasar de una generación a otra. Es igualmente absurdo asumir que nosotros vamos a ser capaces de descubrir intuitivamente la necesidad de cambio en nuestras propias organizaciones.

As I listen to leaders tell their stories, I hear very little about strategic planning and goal setting. I hear a lot about identifying and acting on opportunities. Strategies and goals have their place. But they don't define leadership. Leaders see and seize opportunity. And in most cases, the opportunities take them by surprise.

Keep in mind that everything you loathe about your current environment or organization was originally somebody's good idea.

My instinct about painting says, "If you don't think about it, it's right."

Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.

I want to be a machine.

An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.

An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that he — for some reason — thinks it would be a good idea to give them.