Ideas are nothing. They're irrelevant. If you think your idea is so important, you're doomed. The reality is if you don't like one idea, I've got 299 more. If I tell you my idea, and you can execute better against that idea than I can - great; I get to play a terrific game.
Interpretation
Ideas are only valuable when acted upon; having many ideas is better than clinging to just one.
This quote from Warren Spector highlights the importance of execution over mere ideas. It suggests that innovation and success are not solely based on having a single great idea, but rather on the ability to adapt and execute numerous ideas effectively. The true value lies in the willingness to play and engage with the ideas, fostering a competitive spirit that encourages better execution and creativity.
In practice
In a brainstorming session to encourage team members to share multiple ideas.
I want my little corner of the world where I get to make games where you're not trying to win or lose; you're not trying to get a higher score - you are having unbelievable amounts of fun as you learn about yourself and the world. That's what games can do!
I have never made a game that wasn't explicitly about empowering players to tell their own story.
To speak a true word is to transform the world.
Retire into yourself as much as possible. Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those whom you are capable of improving. The process is a mutual one. People learn as they teach.
If you knew who walked beside you at all times, on the path that you have chosen, you could never experience fear or doubt again.
As time goes on we become old, the future contracts, the past expands...But by future we don't just mean the years ahead; we always mean as well the plenitude of possibilities which challenge our creativity...In confrontation with the future we can become young if we accept the future's challenges.
No cause more frequently produces bashfulness than too high an opinion of our own importance. He that imagines an assembly filled with his merit, panting with expectation, and hushed with attention, easily terrifies himself with the dread of disappointing them, and strains his imagination in pursuit of something that may vindicate the veracity of fame, and show that his reputation was not gained by chance.
What if I’ve forgotten the most important thing?
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