Quotes on Innovation Inspiration

Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.

For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.

Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.

You're already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what's next.

If you have ideas, you have the main asset you need, and there isn't any limit to what you can do with your business and your life. Ideas are any man's greatest asset.

You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself.

There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

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

The things we fear most in organizations - fluctuations, disturbances,_x000D_ _x000D_ imbalances - are the primary sources of creativity.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it.

It's easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of what worked for you two years ago, but will soon be out-of-date.

If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.

I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others... I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.

Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in so short a time.