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Innovation Quotes

"Engineering is the closest thing to magic that exists in the world."

"Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes."

― Napoleon Hill

"Edison failed 10,000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times."

― Napoleon Hill

"All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea."

― Napoleon Hill

"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."

― Thomas Edison

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."

― Thomas Edison

"Reality leaves a lot to the imagination."

― John Lennon

"It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something."

― Samuel Johnson

"Good ideas are free – or at least they should be."

― Matthew McConaughey

"Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing."

― Salvador Dali

"We've had three big ideas at Amazon that we've stuck with for 18 years, and they're the reason we're successful: Put the customer first. Invent. And be patient."

"If you're competitor-focused, you have to wait until there is a competitor doing something. Being customer-focused allows you to be more pioneering."

"I strongly believe that missionaries make better products. They care more. For a missionary, it's not just about the business. There has to be a business, and the business has to make sense, but that's not why you do it. You do it because you have somethin"

"All businesses need to be young forever. If your customer base ages with you, you're Woolworth's."

"If you only do things where you know the answer in advance, your company goes away."

"A company shouldn't get addicted to being shiny, because shiny doesn't last."

"We innovate by starting with the customer and working backwards. That becomes the touchstone for how we invent."

"When [competitors are] in the shower in the morning, they're thinking about how they're going to get ahead of one of their top competitors. Here in the shower, we're thinking about how we are going to invent something on behalf of a customer."

"Market research doesn't help. If you had gone to a customer in 2013 and said, 'would you like a black, always-on cylinder in your kitchen about the size of a Pringles can that you can talk to and ask questions, that also turns on your lights and plays musi"

"Failure and invention are inseparable twins. To invent you have to experiment, and if you know in advance that it's going to work, it's not an experiment."

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