Jane Jacobs Quotes

I've always felt that specialization is best left to the insects.

All day long, I'm creative, and the second I get a little tired of any given medium, I just shut that area down and go to the next room. I just go do something else.

I don't see myself as a person who just does one thing. I understand that sometimes that might sound a bit unprofessional. But I disagree.

Being multi-disciplined is always a good thing.

I think it's just my nature. I can't work on one thing. I have to work on many things.

I like to write in all different genres. I just like a new challenge.

People who are constantly looking for the opportunity to do something new are also people who are not going to be helped by having job titles - job titles create expectations of specialization and focus which don't map really well to creating the best possible experience for your customers.

I really don't look at myself as just one thing. I'm kind of scattered and like to have my hands in a lot of different projects. It makes me who I am.

I get bored doing one thing only. I've been very lucky to explore a lot of different artistic territory and I don't see why I won't continue on that path.

The more you adapt, the more interesting you are.

I think focusing limits you. As long as nothing that I'm doing suffers from my ADD in wanting to do everything, then I want to just keep doing everything. It keeps it fresh and fun.

You gotta be able to change worlds.

If you're going to stick around in this business, you have to have the ability to reinvent yourself, whether consciously or unconsciously.

I like doing a bunch of different things, being all over the place.

Everybody thinks if you do one thing, you can't do something else. So I like the fact that I can be versatile if I want to.

Why, if someone is good in one field can they not be accepted or given the slightest opportunity to express and be creative in other fields?

I've always strived to keep mixing it up, keep doing different things, and work in all different parts of our business.

The young people we hire today at Conde Nast are fearless polymaths.

It's my dream career to do as many different things as possible and for as long as possible, to stretch myself in as many different directions as I can.

To experiment different kinds of roles always works well.

I'm kind of a Jack of all trades, master of none.

The only way I work as a designer is to consciously avoid specialisation.

I'm open to trying multiple different types of styles.

I realise that I'm a bit of a dabbler but it's nice to do stuff that's different.

It's now widely recognised that a diverse research group is usually stronger, more creative, and more robust and flexible. Such a group usually copes better in a downturn.