Creativity & Innovation Quotes (1627 Quotes)


    What I'm most excited about is the potential to continue the innovation and lead our industry the way both of these companies have been doing. I think the innovation potential and the growth potential are enormous.

    Of the creative spirits that flourished in Concord, Massachusetts, during the middle of the nineteenth century, it might be said that Hawthorne loved men but felt estranged from them, Emerson loved ideas even more than men, and Thoreau loved himself.

    We just played poor fundamental basketball tonight. We needed to keep it simple and execute things. Its nice to be creative on the break, but were not looking for a lot of creativity in a zone offense. Were just looking for basic execution.





    As for the DOXA watch, when I was beginning my second book, I was the creative director for a big ad agency in L.A. My wife said jokingly, why don 't you apply for this job It was a 400month job as a clerk in a Dive shop, perfect for writing underwater books.








    Business is difficult. But it could be approached two ways: Seriously, or with the same way you're doing your job, with entertainment aspect, with pleasure, with fun. And we decided to try to make it as fun that we do our creativity.

    I think being studio-literate helps, because obviously I'm not intimidated by the studio, and I never have been. I've always thought it was another part of the creative process.

    High-end financial, IT, creative and strategic jobs are strong and growing in numbers here. Companies that abandoned the city 30 years ago are coming back and revitalizing and rebuilding the city and its neighborhoods, bringing top talent back into the city and, in turn, bringing more companies back.



    There might conceivably have been a bit of creative accounting. This tends to happen when companies are defending themselves. They want to show the situation under current management looks as positive as possible.

    Saddling the latest version of your company's flagship product with a name that reminds old-timers like me of the Dodge Colt Vista or the even more ancient Oldsmobile Vista-Cruiser At Microsoft, that's what passes for innovation. In his opening speech at a recent Microsoft analysts meeting, CEO Steve Ballmer uttered the 'i' word no less than 24 times.

    We are disappointed but not surprised that the committee voted to turn over the future of the Internet to the telephone and cable industry. Neither of those two sectors contributed to the creative development of the Internet, and neither is known for innovation. They are known for their desire to control what goes over their networks.

    But, ancient Greece and ancient Rome - people did not happen to believe that creativity came from human beings back then, OK? People believed that creativity was this divine attendant spirit that came to human beings from some distant and unknowable source, for distant and unknowable reasons.

    There's a lot of investment in these kinds of companies these days, so there's a sense of optimism here we haven't seen in five or six years. We have a lot of panel sessions, but often the best ideas are what people think of after two beers at a party or something. It's just a real creative, fertile atmosphere where new ideas come to life.


    That's the creative touch that Danny brings, and we needed that tonight. We needed our big players to step up, and I thought they stepped up in a defensive fashion and an offensive fashion for us.

    We're going to play around with keeping the show fresh and creative, but the game is going to stay the same and real people who have interesting stories are going to be at the core.


    NBA 2K6 is without a doubt the most innovative and exciting basketball title this year. We focused on delivering the most realistic visuals, incredible online play, exclusive control mechanics, and different playing styles for every NBA player in the game. We're the number one rated basketball title for a reason - we deliver what fans want in terms of great gameplay, unmatched graphics and innovation.


    I don't need to manufacture trauma in my life to be creative. I have a big enough reservoir of sadness or emotional trauma to last me.

    Wolfgang Puck and his wife, Barbara Lazaroff, have it all. There are endless people, who are either imitating him or trying to, but it's very hard to imitate somebody who is that good and that creative.

    And so our mothers and grandmothers have, more often than not anonymously, handed on the creative spark, the seed of the flower they themselves never hoped to see - or like a sealed letter they could not plainly read.






    I've had some of the best craft services on independent movies, actually, because they get more creative, generally, with a smaller budget. The work is still the same. I didn't really notice the difference other than I was getting dressed behind a curtain, basically.

    With more focused brands, new product investment and innovation, Ford will slow the rate of loss and then stabilize our U.S. market share in the near term, even as competitors add new models. From there, we can set our sights on the future.

    Quite honestly, I didn't think the deal was going to make, because I wanted part of the creative control. I was impressed that they were making an offer to a non-athlete young black male to be a spokesperson for two and a half years. To their credit, they said, absolutely yes, they never questioned anything I wanted to do.


    The seminaries must face the fact that they are not turning out well-trained professional clergy. They must realize that preaching is creative work and that some element of creativity should be required as a condition for ordination.

    Our earnings growth and cash flow continue to be significant, driven by the worldwide demand for high-quality career education. Our track record of growth and innovation, coupled with our commitment to outstanding service delivery, has positioned us well, and we remain confident in our strategic direction.


    He's not a cookie-cutter receiver. He's a little different, and that's one thing I admire about what Pittsburgh has done. They've taken a Randle El and a Hines Ward and have known what to do with those guys. They've been creative.



    Every time I get a chance to peek at them, I like watching them, because I think he's very good. He's very creative, and he really knows personnel and the limitations of what he has, and really takes advantage of his strengths. I really do like watching them play.

    It is not possible, given any degree of optimism and generosity in regard to people in general, to set a time limit on creative reflection or a limitation on the number of people involved in the creation.



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