Virgil Abloh Quotes

To me, unconventional thinking is approaching a problem and asking, 'Why not? Why can't something be done?' If someone can't give me a good reason why you can't do something, I find a way to do it.

In order to innovate, you have to experiment.

I like taking up challenges. I prefer working with scripts that are different and veer from the tried and tested. So far, it's always worked.

We are exploring creative models to pursue innovation outside the confines of our normal process, taking calculated risks and learning from them.

Innovation requires an experimental mindset.

If you're trying to do something different, you can't ask someone to help, because they'll want to make it not different.

You know that I'm always a proponent of doing things differently.

My company and people think I'm wacky when I have an idea... I know if I have an idea, no one will want to go through it. But if I persist, people will go through it.

I've got a feeling that with the best coppers - and in fact the best people in any field of work - what sets them apart is a maverick quality. People who are not afraid to bend the rules in order to achieve the universally desired end.

I like pushing boundaries.

Since I was in my early twenties, at ABC, I was always only interested in things that were not already being done.

I've never taken any issue off the table for lack of suitability. Only for lack of imagination.

Mistakes and dead-ends often mean more to these artists than any proven problem.

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

If you want to be in the world I live in, which is a creative world with new ideas, then you've got to get away from the norm. You've got to go for it.

The innovator, however, must in the first place be discontented, he must doubt the value of what he is doing or question the accepted ways of doing it. And secondly, he must be prepared to take fresh paths, to venture into fields where he is by no means expert. This is true, at least, of major forms of innovation; they make it possible for other men to be expert, but are not themselves forms of expertise

I can see there's a connection between not following normal thinking and doing creative thinking. I wouldn't have had good scientific ideas if I had thought more normally.

It's something I have always tried to do in my career - play outside the box.

There's nothing like having some healthy competition. We really strive to think outside the box by taking the standard approach the then twisting it a little, all the while trying something new.

Those who ultimately shake up an industry are often outsiders who don't know any better.

It's important to do something outside the box, and maybe that'll inspire people do also do something outside the box.

I just try to go outside the box. In fact, I go outside the box so much I go... 'What box!'

Failure in Innovation - it's a price worth paying.

Mindless habitual behavior is the enemy of innovation.

I'd rather experiment than follow the same formula. I'm a curious person. It's gotten me into trouble, but I say, 'Why not? Let's try it.'