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“If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.”

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”

“Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.”

“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.”

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”

“Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things.”

“The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions.”

“The best revenge is the massive success.”

“The creative person wants to be a know-it-all. He wants to know about all kinds of things-ancient history, nineteenth century mathematics, current manufacturing techniques, hog futures. Because he never knows when these ideas might come together to form a new idea. It may happen six minutes later, or six months, or six years. But he has faith that it will happen.”

“All progress depends on the unreasonable man.”

“The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it.”

“The things we fear most in organizations - fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances - are the primary sources of creativity.”

“If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.”

“Innovation- any new idea-by definition will not be accepted at first. It takes repeated attempts, endless demonstrations, monotonous rehearsals before innovation can be accepted and internalized by an organization. This requires courageous patience.”

“All human development, no matter what form it takes, must be outside the rules; otherwise we would never have anything new.”

“The organizations of the future will increasingly depend on the creativity of their members to survive. Great Groups offer a new model in which the leader is an equal among Titans. In a truly creative collaboration, work is pleasure, and the only rules and procedures are those that advance the common cause.”

“Innovation is fostered by information gathered from new connections; from insights gained by journeys into other disciplines or places; from active, collegial networks and fluid, open boundaries. Innovation arises from ongoing circles of exchange, where information is not just accumulated or stored, but created. Knowledge is generated anew from connections that weren't there before.”

“Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.”

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”

“Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship. The act that endows resources with a new capacity to create wealth.”

“The best way to predict the future is to study the past, or prognosticate.”