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“Any attempt to break with the past, or with existing social structures, is a failure if it leads to a bored, listless, and colourless style of life; assertive and enduring innovation, like the mastering of a new environment, requires the confidence and discipline which are founded on exuberant emotions.”

Ifs Past Social Emotion Break Environment Style Discipline Innovation Structure Endure Bored Assertive Social Structure New Environment

Book:Break-Out from the Crystal Palace: The Anarcho-Psychological Critique: Stirner, Nietzsche, Dostoevsky

Source: Break-Out from the Crystal Palace: The Anarcho-Psychological Critique: Stirner, Nietzsche, Dostoevsky

“There is a crucial distinction to be made between innovation and originality. The second, unlike the first, can never break with what preceded it: to be original, an artist must also belong to the tradition from which he departs. To put it another way, he must violate the expectations of his audience, but he must also, in countless ways, uphold and endorse them.”

Way Firsts Made Artist Break Audience Expectations Tradition Innovation Originals Distinction Crucial Originality Another Way

Author:Roger Scruton

“All the forms of popular music from jazz to hip-hop, to bebop, to soul [come from black innovation]. You talk about different dances from the catwalk, to the jitterbug, to the Charleston, to break dancing -\-\ all these are forms of black dancing...What would [life] be without a song, without a dance, and joy and laughter, and music.”

Different Soul Form Life Is Joy Song Black Break Laughter Innovation Dancing Jazz Hip Hop Hips Hops Popular Music Charleston Catwalk Bebop

Author:Michael Jackson

“Trust is consistently seen as a make or break component of innovation - particularly because the freedom to fail is an important part of innovation.”

Important Break Failing Innovation Consistently Components Make Or Break

Author:David Livermore

“A key ingredient in innovation is the ability to challenge authority and break rules.”

Challenges Ability Break Keys Authority Innovation Ingredients

Author:Vivek Wadhwa

“To understand a new idea, break an old habit.”

Inspirational Ideas Break Habit Innovation Execution New Ideas Inquiry Old Habits

Book:The Uncollected Works of American Author Jean Toomer, 1894-1967

Source: The Uncollected Works of American Author Jean Toomer, 1894-1967

“Rhetorical question: Did you get to where you are by accepting the status quo? I didn't.”