Diana Vreeland Quotes

I always tend to favor the newer idea.

Creativity is the power to reject the past, to change the status quo, and to seek new potential. Simply put, aside from using one's imagination - perhaps more importantly - creativity is the power to 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.

I believe in being an innovator.

… embrace new ideas with energy!

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

It's all about evolution and for us, we try to think outside the box and not try to duplicate what we've done in the past.

The big deal for me has always been innovation.

We should all seek to innovate, or be curious about innovation. Innovation truly is one of our greatest gifts.

The trouble with innovation is that truly innovative ideas often look like bad ideas at the time.

We should be building great things that don't exist.

I just think it's ridiculous to be dogmatic and be caught in the past. You have to be open, aware, nimble and flexible about changes in the world.

We are not here to do what has already been done.

So many new ideas are at first strange and horrible though ultimately valuable that a very heavy responsibility rests upon those who would prevent their dissemination.

As our case is new, we must think and act anew.

I'm a visionary. I'm not a maintenance person.

My view is there's no bad time to innovate.

Innovation is the calling card of the future.

I've always been controversial because I offer new ideas. For me to be controversial, I think this is positive.

I want to be cutting-edge.

Like art, revolutions come from combining what exists into what has never existed before.

I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.

Never forget that what becomes timeless was once truly new.

It's a new game now, you know, you have to bring some fresh stuff.