Quotes about Innovation

In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed; we see the most indistinctly the objects which are close around us.

Innovation is the art of shaping the future with the tools of the present.

Opportunity lies in the place where the complaints are.

The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.

Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

There are many talented people who haven't fulfilled their dreams because they overthought it, or they were too cautious, and were unwilling to make the leap of faith.

If you're trying to create a company, it's like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.

To win the game, you must know the game you're playing.

Great companies are built on great products.

You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.

I think the high-order bit is making great products. That is, sort of, the heart of what we do.

Every time I make a movie, I'm trying to invent new ways of doing things.

Always deliver more than expected.

The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive.

Innovation is the unrelenting drive to break the status quo and develop anew where few have dared to go.

I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.

Do not fear mistakes. There are none.

Don't pay any attention to the critics. Don't even ignore them.

I had a philosophy that if you are ever feeling like you can't quite do the project you set out to do, just start doing it and that fear will go away.

A special effect is a tool, a means of telling a story. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.

Nature's imagination is so boundless compared to our own meager human imagination.

We will make it because we are young and we will never, never give up.

The most important thing for an entrepreneur is to be able to take risks, and to know how to manage them.

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

The most successful inventor in the end is the one who is best able to anticipate, and to embody in a practical shape, the needs and desires of the people.

Since new developments are the products of a creative mind, we must therefore stimulate and encourage that type of mind in every way possible.

New ideas pass through three periods: It can't be done. It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. I knew it was a good idea all along!

The inventor looks upon the world and is not contented with things as they are. He wants to improve whatever he sees.

Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.

You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.

When one door closes, another opens.

He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.

Personally, I enjoy working about 18 hours a day. Besides the short catnaps I take each day, I average about four to five hours of sleep per night.

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

Innovation in writing comes from pushing the boundaries of your creativity.

My success wasn’t based on how I could push the envelope but how well I could understand the human mind and push that envelope.

Today is cruel. Tomorrow is crueler. And the day after tomorrow is beautiful.

Innovation is the catalyst for progress.

Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.

If you're not doing some things that are crazy, then you're doing the wrong things.

Progress is not inevitable. It's up to us to create it.

I find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and try to invent it.

We are all living in cages with the door wide open.

If you're changing the world, you're working on important things. You're excited to get up in the morning.

Think globally, act locally.

If you want to win in the 21st century, you have to empower others, making sure other people are better than you are. Then you will be successful.

Innovation starts with understanding people’s needs.