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“Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.”

“If you are leaping a ravine, the moment of takeoff is a bad time for considering alternative strategies... Do it in the 'closed' mode. But the moment the action is over, try to return to the 'open' mode... because in that mode we are the most aware, most receptive, most creative, and therefore at our most intelligent.”

“When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something.”

“Don't settle, as with all matters of the heart you'll know when you find it”

“The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work”

“Curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”

“Don't worry about people stealing your ideas.”

“History is the same thing over and over again.”

“Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.”

“If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.”

“If the only tool you have is a hammer, it's hard to eat spaghetti.”

“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique.”

“If you always do what you did, you'll always get what you got.”

“Life is about trying things to see if they work.”

“Genius... means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.”

“The Barbarian Way was, in some sense, trying to create a volatile fuel to get people to step out and act. It's pretty hard to get a whole group of people moving together as individuals who are stepping into a more mystical, faith-oriented, dynamic kind of experience with Christ. So, I think Barbarian Way was my attempt to say, "Look, underneath what looks like invention, innovation and creativity is really a core mysticism that hears from God, and what is fueling this is something really ancient." That's what was really the core of The Barbarian Way.”

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.”

“Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.”

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That's because they were able to connect experiences they've had and synthesize new things.”

“But innovation comes from people meeting up in the hallways or calling each other at 10:30 at night with a new idea, or because they realized something that shoots holes in how we've been thinking about a problem.”

“Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.”

“We would solve a lot of huge problems that are causing massive suffering. Poverty, violence, homophobia, heterosexism, racism, the environment - all these things that are crippling us. We need big, bold, dangerous, crazy ideas to solve these problems. When failure is not an option, innovation and creativity are not options.”

“A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.”

“The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones.”

“The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.”

“An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail.”

“You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”