Stephen Malkmus Quotes

The term 'innovative' or 'innovation' is often vague or ambiguous. But in our definition, innovation means to make something which people think impossible possible.

Science is not about status quo. It's about revolution.

To innovate is not to reform.

Innovation is the calling card of the future.

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

If your goal is to change the world, you can't start by doing things the same old way because it sells better.

An innovation is one of those things that society looks at and says, if we make this part of the way we live and work, it will change the way we live and work.

Innovation never comes from the established institutions.

This is the age of disruption.

What is now commonplace was once not, and I think that's a testament to what it means to really break the mold and push the limits.

My goal isn't to be one of the best; it's to change the game, to change the way things work.

The world is starving for new ideas and great leaders who will champion those ideas.

Originals are nonconformists, people who not only have new ideas but take action to champion them. They are people who stand out and speak up. Originals drive creativity and change in the world. They're the people you want to bet on.

Some great minds become great by turning the rubble of an exploded paradigm into something consistent and meaningful. Others become great by laying the gunpowder, grain by grain. Every important revolution needs both kinds of minds to complete itself.

Disrupt, and you will be saved.

We've reached the end of incrementalism. Only those companies that are capable of creating industry revolutions will prosper in the new economy.

Old ways will always remain unless some one invents a new way and then lives and dies for it

Every really new idea looks crazy at first.

No great idea in its beginning can ever be within the law. How can it be within the law?

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.

Innovation opportunities do not come with the tempest but with the rustling of the breeze.

If it's not broken, break it. That's how new discoveries are made. That's why everything that changes life is called a breakthrough.

Don't underestimate the power of your vision to change the world. Whether that world is your office, your community, an industry or a global movement, you need to have a core belief that what you contribute can fundamentally change the paradigm or way of thinking about problems.

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

Innovation, being avant garde, is always polemic.