Jeremiah Brent Quotes

Creative ideas flourish best in a shop which preserves some spirit of fun. Nobody is in business for fun, but that does not mean there cannot be fun in business.

I think that anything that leads to creativity and good work is good.

Watching TV on your own is not very inspiring. But meeting people is where you get new ideas and get things done.

It's a lot easier to do good work when you have good words to say and work with good people.

I write almost entirely in bed or on a couch with my feet up on the coffee table. I feel most creative when I'm looking out the window, and my bed and couch have nice views of the New York skyline.

If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.

I have a very beautiful room that in my house that we bought in Princeton. It's glass on three sides, and you'd think that's the perfect place to write. Somehow in that nice room I feel too exposed, and I can notice I'm too distracted by things going on, so I end up writing in a not-very-nice office bedroom.

Being around some of the bright lights of the technology world and having them expect great things helps you sit down and do it seriously.

When I look for the next project, it's always about, 'Is it going to push me out of my comfort zone? Am I doing something different? Am I working with people who are passionate about what they're doing?' At the end of the day, if I'm going to be bored on set, then I'm not gonna be happy.

I'm encouraging other people, whether they're professionals or not, to use their creativity to express themselves, to get a conversation going, to get the party started, really.

If the work requires smart, talented, creative people, then more than anything, you want to enable folks on the team to create.

I started to think about what drives innovation and what its social significance might be. The next step was to think innovators are taking a leap into the unknown. That led me to the thought that it is also a source of fun and employee engagement.

You can't just give someone a creativity injection. You have to create an environment for curiosity and a way to encourage people and get the best out of them.

I like to create a community where people want to come and have a good time and do their best work.

Average leaders inspire people to punch a time clock. Great leaders inspire industry and passion.

There is power in helping people get excited about what they do and inspiring and motivating them to unleash their full potential.

My motivation is to be creative and have fun. You want to do something that keeps you on your toes the rest of your life and keeps you busy.

Anytime I think about my office, I think about creativity.

Working with someone who's really passionate about it is great, because you become passionate, and then it's fun; it's not work anymore.

Every apartment I've ever lived in has had a space to make, create, and get stuff done within eyesight of my bed.

I don't think anybody can create in a space where they don't feel comfortable.

If you have a culture of respect, creativity flows. You create this energy, and then people have more desire to take risks.

Creativity is a great motivator because it mades people interested in what they are doing.

You can inspire people to give you greatness, or you can micro-manage them into your own one specific kernel of an idea. To me, I think that when you inspire people to give their best, then you're going to get the best result.

To love is to be engaged is to work is to be interested is to create.