Top 53 Quotes on Innovation (CREATIVITY)

Top 20 Quotes About Innovation in Business (ENTREPRENEURSHIP)

We innovate by starting with the customer and working backwards. That becomes the touchstone for how we invent. - Jeff Bezos — We innovate by starting with the customer and working backwards. That becomes the touchstone for how we invent. – **Jeff Bezos**

I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you’re going to innovate. - Jeff Bezos — I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you’re going to innovate. – **Jeff Bezos**

I’m as proud of many of the things we haven’t done as the things we have done. Innovation is saying no to a thousand things. - Steve Jobs — I’m as proud of many of the things we haven’t done as the things we have done. Innovation is saying no to a thousand things. – **Steve Jobs**

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations. – Steve Jobs — Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations. – **Steve Jobs**

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. - Steve Jobs — Innovation distinguishes between a **leader** and a follower. – **Steve Jobs**

Starting and growing a business is as much about the innovation, drive and determination of the people who do it as it is about the product they sell. - Elon Musk — Starting and growing a business is as much about the innovation, drive and **determination** of the people who do it as it is about the product they sell. – **Elon Musk**

By questioning all the aspects of our business, we continuously inject improvement and innovation into our culture. - Michael Dell — By questioning all the aspects of our business, we continuously inject improvement and innovation into our **culture**. – **Michael Dell**

Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship. The act that endows resources with a new capacity to create wealth. - Peter F. Drucker — Innovation is the specific instrument of **entrepreneurship**. The act that endows resources with a new capacity to create **wealth**. – **Peter F. Drucker**

There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period. – Brene Brown — There is no innovation and **creativity** without failure. Period. – **Brene Brown**

If I had asked the public what they wanted, they would have said a faster horse. - Henry Ford — If I had asked the public what they wanted, they would have said a faster horse. – **Henry Ford**

I have always been driven to buck the system, to innovate, to take things beyond where they’ve been. - Sam Walton — I have always been driven to buck the system, to innovate, to take things beyond where they’ve been. – **Sam Walton**

“Software innovation, like almost every other kind of innovation, requires the ability to collaborate and share ideas with other people, and to sit down and talk with customers and get their feedback and understand their needs.”
Bill Gates

Business has only two functions - marketing and innovation. - Milan Kundera — Business has only two functions – marketing and innovation. – Milan Kundera

I became an entrepreneur because I wanted to innovate to improve people’s lives, not to become a pesky, spam-crazy nuisance. - Cliff Lerner — I became an **entrepreneur** because I wanted to innovate to improve people’s lives, not to become a pesky, spam-crazy nuisance. – **Cliff Lerner**

When a competitor starts copying your features, you can pretty much write them off completely, as it means they ran out of innovative ideas. - Cliff Lerner — When a competitor starts copying your features, you can pretty much write them off completely, as it means they ran out of innovative ideas. – **Cliff Lerner**

The value of an idea lies in the using of it. - Thomas Edison — The value of an idea lies in the using of it. – **Thomas Edison**

Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable. - William Pollard — Without **change** there is no innovation, **creativity**, or incentive for **improvement**. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable. – William Pollard

Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats. - Howard Aiken — Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats. – Howard Aiken

If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied. - Alfred Nobel — If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied. – Alfred Nobel

99 percent of success is built on failure. - Charles Kettering — 99 percent of **success** is built on failure. – Charles Kettering

12 Inspirational Quotes About Innovation and Creativity (SUCCESS)

Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things. - Theodore Levitt — Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things. – Theodore Levitt

Dreamers are mocked as impractical. The truth is they are the most practical, as their innovations lead to progress and a better way of life for all of us. - Robin Sharma — Dreamers are mocked as impractical. The **truth** is they are the most practical, as their innovations lead to progress and a better way of life for all of us. – **Robin Sharma**

You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. - Maya Angelou — You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. – **Maya Angelou**

Innovation is taking two things that exist and putting them together in a new way. - Tom Freston — Innovation is taking two things that exist and putting them together in a new way. – Tom Freston

Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change. – Brene Brown — Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and **change**. – **Brene Brown**

You can’t solve a problem on the same level that it was created. You have to rise above it to the next level. –Albert Einstein — You can’t solve a problem on the same level that it was created. You have to rise above it to the next level. –**Albert Einstein**

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination. - Albert Einstein — The true sign of intelligence is not **knowledge** but imagination. – **Albert Einstein**

Changes call for innovation, and innovation leads to progress. - Li Keqiang — **Changes** call for innovation, and innovation leads to progress. – Li Keqiang

Innovation is the unrelenting drive to break the status quo and develop anew where few have dared to go. - Steven Jeffes — Innovation is the unrelenting drive to break the status quo and develop anew where few have dared to go. – Steven Jeffes

The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death. - Steven Pressfield — The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death. – **Steven Pressfield**

We don’t see things as they are, we see things as we are. - Anais Nin — We don’t see things as they are, we see things as we are. – **Anais Nin**

Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. - George Addair — Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of **fear**. – George Addair

Top 21 Quotes to Inspire Innovative Thinking (POWERFUL)

Whatever has happened in my quest for innovation has been part of my quest for immaculate reality. - George Lucas — Whatever has happened in my quest for innovation has been part of my quest for immaculate reality. – **George Lucas**

There’s no good idea that cannot be improved on. - Michael Eisner — There’s no good idea that cannot be improved on. – **Michael Eisner**

Security is mostly a superstition. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. - Helen Keller — Security is mostly a superstition. Life is either a daring **adventure** or nothing. – **Helen Keller**

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. – **Johann Wolfgang von Goethe**

The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible. –Arthur C. Clarke

Innovation is seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought. - Dr. Albert, Szent Györgyi — Innovation is seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought. – Dr. Albert, Szent Györgyi

The greatest invention in the world is the mind of a child. - Thomas Edison — The greatest invention in the world is the mind of a child. – **Thomas Edison**

The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions. - Antony Jay — The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions. – Antony Jay

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse. - Winston Churchill — Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse. – **Winston Churchill**

We must beware of needless innovation, especially when guided by logic. - Winston Churchill — We must beware of needless innovation, especially when guided by logic. – **Winston Churchill**

No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered. - Winston Churchill — No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered. – **Winston Churchill**

What is now proved was once only imagined. –William Blake

If you look at history, innovation doesn’t come just from giving people incentives; it comes from creating environments where their ideas can connect. - Steven Johnson — If you look at history, innovation doesn’t come just from giving people incentives; it comes from creating environments where their ideas can connect. – Steven Johnson

The way to succeed is to double your failure rate. - Thomas Watson — The way to succeed is to double your failure rate. – Thomas Watson

Every act of creation is, first of all, an act of destruction. - Pablo Picasso — Every act of creation is, first of all, an act of destruction. – **Pablo Picasso**

You can expect no influence if you are not susceptible to influence. - Carl Jung — You can expect no influence if you are not susceptible to influence. – **Carl Jung**

The greater the contrast, the greater the potential. Great energy only comes from a correspondingly great tension of opposites. - Carl Jung — The greater the contrast, the greater the potential. Great energy only comes from a correspondingly great tension of opposites. – **Carl Jung**

Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road. - Voltaire — Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road. – **Voltaire**

Innovation is the calling card of the future. - Anna Eshoo — Innovation is the calling card of the **future**. – Anna Eshoo

Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve. - J. K. Rowling — Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve. – J. K. Rowling

There is only one thing stronger than all the armies of the world: and that is an idea whose time has come. - Victor Hugo — There is only one thing stronger than all the armies of the world: and that is an idea whose **time** has come. – **Victor Hugo**

Conclusion: The Importance of Innovation

It is difficult to find a consensus for the meaning of the word innovation. Barack Obama describes innovation as “the creation of something that improves the way we live our lives.” (Source)

Innovation is essential to the growth and advancement of society as this increases the standard of living for citizens. Innovation helps provide jobs that better the economy and helps improve lives.

In business, innovation is a requirement as this enables the perfection of products and business modules. Constant innovation helps keep the business or organization relevant through changing trends and social issues.

Business coaches advise using creativity to achieve innovation. Taking risks allows for open discourse with the discussion of failures and discovering what may be the best course to take to avoid repetition of failure. Experimentation with an idea in mind before implementation helps lessen the chances of a future failure.

In a business setting, managers are advised to allow employees to become less rigid and allow their inner creativity to let ideas flow. These ideas may help better the inner workings of the business.

Furthermore, achieving innovation can be done by having positive discussions with different points of view.

Further Reading:

Why Innovation Is Crucial to Your Organization’s Long-Term Success – Forbes
How Innovation is Impacting Society – Datafloq
TechTank’s Top 10 Tech Innovations That Will Transform Society and Governance – Brookings
How Creativity and Innovation is Being Used to Improve Society – Innovation Management

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