Sam Altman on Innovation Quotes

"Most people are too focused on the short term."

"Risk is necessary for growth."

"The best way to predict the future is to build it."

"The future is better than you think."

"Innovation requires radical honesty."

"Innovation requires a high tolerance for failure."

"The goal is to be right, not to be first."

"Don't get distracted by the noise."

"Stay focused on the user."

"Ask yourself: what is the most important thing I could be working on?"

"Innovation happens when you challenge the status quo."

"Think in decades, not quarters."

"The rate of learning is the most important metric."

"A small team of A-players can change the world."

"The best companies are mission-driven."

"Simple ideas are often the most powerful."

"We need to build things that are fundamentally new."

"Innovation is a marathon, not a sprint."

"Technological progress is the only way to improve the human condition."

"Focus on the product, not the PR."

"The most important skill is learning how to learn."

"Scale is a quality of its own."

"You need a mission that matters."

"The best ideas look like toys at first."

"Optimism is a competitive advantage."

"Don't be afraid to pivot."

"Great things take a long time."

"The next decade will see more innovation than the last century."

"Intelligence and energy are the two pillars of the future."

"Idea generation is a muscle."

"The most successful founders are the ones who are most persistent."

"Innovation is hard because it requires you to be right and everyone else to be wrong."

"Execution is everything."