Quotes about Innovation

(Miele) really thought the process through. They did such a great job designing these washers and dryers. I got more thrill out of them than I have out of any piece of high tech in years.

Focus is about saying, No. And the result of that focus is going to be some really great products where the total is much greater than the sum of the parts.

It's not just about acting. I love film, I'm a director now, I love writing, I love producing, I love having a company that makes films and to be prolific and have a place to put all the ideas that are constantly bubbling up inside of me and that don't let me sleep at night.

Jeremy Stoppelman started Yelp. Max Levchin started Slide. I started LinkedIn. It was a mininova explosion of folks jumping out to doing other entrepreneurial activities.

Smart companies fail because they do everything right. They cater to high-profit-margin customers and ignore the low end of the market, where disruptive innovations emerge from.

It's this concept of 'just fill up a building of smart people.' It sounds so basic, but honestly it might just be the secret behind Shopify's success. We just do that and get out of the way.

I feel like Soulja Boy was one of the smartest when it came to connecting with your fans and taking that to another level.

[The Constitution] is an experiment as all life is an experiment.

We must not just patch and tinker with life. We must keep renewing it. Embrace novelty and uniqueness.

My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of existence. These little problems help me to do so.

We have reason not to be afraid of the machine, for there is always constructive change, the enemy of machines, making them change to fit new conditions.

THE GREATEST GIVE YOU CAN GIVE A CHILD IS AN IMAGINATION