Theodore Levitt Quotes

Creativity is the process of bringing something new into being.

Creative thinking inspires ideas. Ideas inspire change.

We need innovation and creativity.

To the extent a person makes, invents or thinks something that is new to him, he may be said to have performed a creative act.

The last person to stand still and repeat himself was Walt Disney. He refused to repeat himself. So to think that he'd be making the same kind of film in the year 2001 that he made in 1941 is absurd.

Creativity has always depended on openness and flexibility, so let us hope for more of both in the future.

New information makes new and fresh ideas possible.

We should have more invention.

I think we always move from imitation to assimilation to innovation, but I can't name you 20 people outside those we've already recognized who ever got to point three: innovation.

I believe in being an innovator.

What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.

What makes our world so fascinating is that continuously there are novel and creative ideas spurring people to leave old ways and try something new.

The essence of creativity is to look beyond where you can actually see. I don't want to dwell in same place too long.

Imagine something new, or you will only go where you have been.

If something works, you shouldn't do it again. We want to do something that is new, original - something where there's a good chance of failure.

We'll support anyone who's doing something fresh.

I like to come up with new ideas and see them grow.

Everybody's trying to repeat the past with the new network, with new devices and new tools. Why not make something brand-new?

In innovation, you're trying to create something from nothing.

Every time you think all the technology that had been created already, all you have to do is look around and then there's someone new who's born with a new idea.

It's hard to invent a new thing, and it's just as hard to invent another new thing.

Creativity is the antidote to destruction.

I think imaginative exercises can have a profound impact on the future - what you can imagine can sometimes turn into something you can figure out how to build.

Give your mind as long as possible to come up with something original.

When you think outside of what you know, that brings out the best in you.