Gina Raimondo Quotes

The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn't think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential.

We must not be afraid to push boundaries; instead, we should leverage our science and our technology, together with our creativity and our curiosity, to solve the world's problems.

Inventing is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less material you need.

The more everybody knows about all aspects of the problems we face, the better off all of us will be. Less time spent explaining things means more time for coming up with creative solutions.

The imagination is man's power over nature.

The world needs a better understanding of how to encourage innovation. And innovators need to get better at it. Sign me up.

It's not a faith in technology. It's faith in people.

A good head has one hundred hands.

People are sources not just of consumption but of innovation.

I had some very powerful minds working with me.

When you need to innovate, you need collaboration.

Collaboration and augmentation are the foundational principles of innovation.

There's always a better way to do something.

Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.

Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.

I think the varied backgrounds in the beginning were a plus. It took a while for people to understand what they were trying to do and get started, but it did provide for a lot of new ideas.

If you put enough smart people together in one space, good things happen.

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

We could go work on curing cancer. We could go work on building spaceships. We could go work on art projects. What's fun about working at Asana is we get to work on all of them at the same time.

I just like working with smart people.

First, make yourself a reputation for being a creative genius. Second, surround yourself with partners who are better than you are. Third, leave them to go get on with it.

I enjoy getting things done. My philosophy is the edge, the edge of something. There's where we have to go in local government, in not only the philosophy but the creativity in people around you. They have to go to the edge.

You have to work with the ideas and give them a little push.

Creativity varies inversely with the number of cooks involved in the broth.

Progress depends on our brain. The most important part of our brain, that which is neocortical, must be used to help others and not just to make discoveries.