Innovation quotes
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"Innovation is usually the result of connections of past experiences. But if you have the same experiences as everyone else, you are unlikely to look in a different direction."
"Innovation distinguishes a leader from a follower."
"You don't build it for yourself. You know what the people want and you build it for them."
"Fight piracy; don't squash innovation."
"The enterprise that does not innovate ages and declines. And in a period of rapid change such as the present, the decline will be fast."
"Your brain has an in-built mechanism for finding patterns you've programmed because of where you've put your attention. Solutions, innovations, and success come not from greater intelligence or creativity but from what we notice because of where we point those attributes"
"When it comes to innovation, business has much to learn from design. The philosophy in design shops is, 'try it, prototype it, and improve it'."
"Every new thing creates two new questions and two new opportunities."
"You can exert no influence if you are not susceptible to influence."
"I thought how unpleasant it is to be locked out; and I thought how it is worse, perhaps, to be locked in."
"It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack."
"I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts."
"Anyone who says failure is not an option has also ruled out innovation."
"Nothing is more dangerous than a dogmatic worldview."
"I think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do. One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out."
"Clever derivatives broke dozens of companies. It killed them. Bankrupt. We don't need these kinds of innovation in finance. It's OK to be boring in finance. What we want is innovation in widgets."
"I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style."
"By such innovations are languages enriched, when the words are adopted by the multitude, and naturalized by custom."
"Marketing and innovation produce results; all the rest are costs."
"There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period."
