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I saw that there are people who will connive against innovation. They're hostile to it. And that has shaped my behavior ever since.

Innovation comes out of great human ingenuity and very personal passions.

Everybody believes in innovation until they see it. Then they think, 'Oh, no; that'll never work. It's too different.'

Innovation is this amazing intersection between someone's imagination and the reality in which they live. The problem is, many companies don't have great imagination, but their view of reality tells them that it's impossible to do what they imagine.

My view is that innovation has declined in the everyday processes that businesses tinker with incrementally as they try to become more productive over time.

A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.

One of the challenges of innovation is figuring out how to wipe your mind clean about what you should be doing at any given moment, and not having a religious attachment to what's gotten you there thus far.

Innovation is serendipity, so you don't know what people will make.

Habit allows us to go from 'before' to 'after,' to make life easier and better. Habit is notorious - and rightly so - for its ability to direct our actions, even against our will; but by mindfully shaping our habits, we can harness the power of mindlessness as a sweeping force for serenity, energy, and growth.

An innovation is one of those things that society looks at and says, if we make this part of the way we live and work, it will change the way we live and work.