Creativity Quotes

"When the facts change, the creative leader changes their mind. Stagnation is the enemy of creativity."

"A man's worth is measured by the number of enemies he has overcome."

"Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough."

"Writing, the art of communicating thoughts to the mind, through the eye, is the great invention of the world."

"I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure."

"If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you will never read, you have done rare things."

"Your imagination is your greatest asset if you back it up with work."

"Cost is the enemy of the poor. Time is the enemy of the rich."

"We have moved from a world of atoms to a world of bits, but we must return to creating in the physical world if we want true progress."

"[I]f it's just you, attempting to come up with a "good idea" before defining your purpose, creating a vision, and collecting lots of bad ideas is likely to give you a case of creative constipation. Ch. 3"

"Quality means doing it right when no one is looking."

"Productize yourself."

"The invention of printing has changed the world. It has given a new soul to the people."

"Ideas are somewhat like babies--they are born small, immature, and shapeless. They are promise rather than fulfillment. In the innovative company executives do not say, "This is a damn-fool idea." Instead they ask, "What would be needed to make this embryonic, half-baked, foolish idea into something that makes sense, that is an opportunity for us?" The Frontiers of Management (1986)"

"To build may be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day."

"You have to recognize the world as it is, not as you want it to be. That is the starting point of all creative problem solving."

"The way to change others' minds is with affection, and not anger."

"If several directions seem captivating, consider crafting more than one experiment at a time. Working on several often brings about a healthy sense of detachment." The Creative Act: A Way of Being"

"That is financial intelligence. It is not so much what happens, but how many different financial solutions you can think of to turn a lemon into millions. It is how creative you are in solving financial problems."

"Shapers are people who have the vision to see what's possible and the determination to make it happen."

"A field of clay touched by the genius of man becomes a castle. Ch. 15 : The Scroll Marked VIII, p. 88."

"Music is not just for the ears but for the heart and the soul."

"Upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all."

"A startup is a creative hypothesis that you test against the reality of the market."

"There is no value in anything until it is finished."

"Building a mission and building a business go hand-in-hand."

"I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father's child has."

"The impression was gaining ground with me that it was a good thing to let the money be my slave and not make myself a slave to money."

"The most creative breakthroughs are the ones that seem obvious in retrospect."

"Creativity is the byproduct of a mind that refuses to accept 'no'."

"A man who cannot think creatively is a man who can be easily replaced by a machine."

"The biggest secret in venture capital is that the best investment in a successful fund equals or outperforms the entire rest of the fund combined."

"If you're waiting to have good ideas before you have any ideas, you won't have many ideas. Ch. 3"