You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
— Alan Kay
Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
— Plato
Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity – not a threat.
The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.
Innovation is taking two things that already exist and putting them together in a new way.
An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
Disruptive innovation is not about improving the product but creating a new market that disrupts existing ones.
Ideas won’t keep. Something must be done about them.
Innovation is the unrelenting drive to break the status quo and develop anew where few have dared to go.
An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail.
To innovate is to see what everybody has seen and think what nobody has thought.
The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.
Every once in a while, a new technology, an old problem, and a big idea turn into an innovation.
Without change, there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement.
Business has only two functions – marketing and innovation.
Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity.
The heart and soul of the company is creativity and innovation.
Innovation is seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.
Innovation comes from the producer – not from the customer.
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.
Innovation opportunities do not come with the tempest but with the rustling of the breeze.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act but also dream; not only plan but also believe.
All great innovations are built on rejections.
Creativity is thinking up new things, innovation is doing new things.
Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship. The act that endows resources with a new capacity to create wealth.
Innovation is the outcome of a habit, not a random act.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in so short a time.
Innovation and imagination are the true powers of creation.
The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones.
Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world.
Innovation is change that unlocks new value.
Innovation distinguishes between the impossible and the possible.
— Unknown
Once a new technology rolls over you, if you’re not part of the steamroller, you’re part of the road.
Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.
The world leaders in innovation and creativity will also be world leaders in everything else.
Innovation is the calling card of the future.
Great innovation only happens when people aren’t afraid to do things differently.
Innovation is the central capability for success in the modern world.
— Unknown
You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.
Innovation is about finding a better way of doing something.
— Unknown
It’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen.
Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great.
Innovation is the process of turning ideas into manufacturable and marketable form.
Small innovations make great breakthroughs.
— John Kao
Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.
Innovation comes only from readily and seamlessly sharing information rather than hoarding it.
Creativity is thinking of new ideas. Innovation is doing new things with those ideas.
— Unknown
Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical.
The only way to win is to learn faster than anyone else.
Innovation is progress in the face of tradition.
— Unknown
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.
True innovation is coming up with a product that the customer didn’t even know they needed.
The greatest danger to our future is apathy.
Innovation is the ability to convert ideas into invoices.
All innovation begins with creative ideas.
Innovation is not about saying yes to everything. It’s about saying NO to all but the most crucial features.
Innovation is a team sport.
— John Kao
The real enemy of execution is your day job.
Innovation is more than simply coming up with a new idea. Innovation is making a new idea useful.
If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.
Real innovation happens when you try things differently and fail multiple times.
— Unknown
Creativity is thinking of something new. Innovation is the implementation of something new.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Innovation happens when people are given the freedom to ask questions and the resources and power to find the answers.
Innovation comes from the producer, not from the customer.
Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things.
Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful, that’s what matters to me.
Innovation is often the byproduct of scarcity.
The only constant in life is change, and those who innovate are the ones who will thrive.
— Unknown
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
Innovation is the fuel for growth.
— Unknown
Innovation comes out of great human ingenuity and very personal passions.
Breakthrough innovation occurs when we bring down boundaries and encourage disciplines to learn from each other.
Innovation is the act of turning invention into something that’s practical, valuable, and widely used.
— Unknown
Innovation distinguishes leaders from followers.
The best vision is insight.
An innovation will get traction only if it helps people get something they’re already doing in their lives done better.
To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.
The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.
The secret to innovation is to work on something that you enjoy, that you believe in, and that you feel deeply about.
— Unknown
Innovation is seeing what others see and thinking what no one else ever thought.
The key to success is to risk unconventional ideas.
— Unknown
Innovation is a combination of creativity and perseverance.
— Unknown
Open-minded people embrace being wrong, are free of illusions, and are willing to question their own beliefs.
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.