A pile of rocks ceases to be a rock pile when somebody contemplates it with the idea of a cathedral in mind.
A pile of rocks ceases to be a rock pile when somebody contemplates it with the idea of a cathedral in mind.
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- If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.
- If an innovative piece of software comes along, Microsoft copies it and makes it part of Windows. This is not innovation; this is the end of innovation.
- Be creative while inventing ideas, but be disciplined while implementing them.
- Dreamers are mocked as impractical. The truth is they are the most practical, as their innovations lead to progress and a better way of life for all of us.
- If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old.
- If it were considered smart, it would be done already.
- There’s no good idea that cannot be improved on.
- Employment deprives you of innovations
- Disruptors don’t have to discover something new; they just have to discover a practical use for new discoveries.
- We are not creators; only combiners of the created. Invention isn’t about new ingredients, but new recipes. And innovations taste the best.
- Innovation is the process of making changes to something established by introducing something new.
- A dream will not become an innovation if there is no realization.
- The history of culture is one of negativity towards new work and new ideas, to a point where public annoyance can be seen as an endorsement.
- If leaders don’t change. Change the leaders,
- The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions.
- If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
- A ship is safe in harbor but the is not what ships are for
- You can expect no influence if you are not susceptible to influence.
- innovative ideas will be profitable only if they are linked to what buyers are willing to pay for.
- Keep in mind that imagination is at the heart of all innovation. Crush or constrain it and the fun will vanish.