Innovation is a buzzword businesspeople can't live without, but over the years, its meaning has gotten lost in the abyss of business jargon.
We've compiled 27 great quotes from some of the world's most creative minds — and some recently departed ones — about what innovation really means and how we can bring it out.
Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO, Facebook
"We used to write this down by saying, 'move fast and break things.' And the idea was, unless you are breaking some stuff you are not moving fast enough.
"I think there's probably something in that for other entrepreneurs to learn which is that making mistakes is okay. At the end of the day, the goal of building something is to build something, not to not make mistakes."
From a 2010 interview with Business Insider
Malcolm Gladwell, author and social scientist
"In order to get one of the greatest inventions of the modern age, in other words, we thought we needed the solitary genius. But if Alexander Graham Bell had fallen into the Grand River and drowned that day back in Brantford, the world would still have had the telephone, the only difference being that the telephone company would have been nicknamed Ma Gray, not Ma Bell."
From his 2008 New Yorker article "In The Air"
Lady Gaga, performer and artist
“The most important thing about creativity is that you honor your creativity and you don’t ever ignore it or go against what that creative image is telling you.
"Last night I was lying in bed and I had an idea for an outfit and I just made myself get up and sketch it real fast then went back to sleep. I think it’s when you say 'I’m too tired I have to go to bed' is when creativity stops coming. If God calls you, pick up the damn phone.”
From her 2011 Google interview
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