Lapo Elkann Quotes

I always wanted to be really experimental.

I guess I think about doing stuff that nobody else has done.

If there's a strange way to do something, I would certainly like to know about it. I feel that I owe that to my public.

You have to think that the answer - and the right answer - for you and your organization might not be something that's been done before. And it's up to you to discover and work with your team to form and figure out how to do successfully.

I want to see creativity that breaks boundaries and isn't just about money.

I certainly would not call myself creative. There are other coaches who are innovative and everything else. I wouldn't be that guy, that's for sure.

Creativity and business acumen don't always go hand in hand.

To me, crazy is not someone who has a creative vision and will fight for it.

Creativity is putting your imagination to work, and it's produced the most extraordinary results in human culture.

If you stick with a vision, it might not all work, but some of it will be absolute genius. To me, 15 minutes worth of absolute genius in a film is so much better than two hours of mediocrity. I would rather pay to see something different like that.

I love creative people.

It is the creative and enterprising spirit of people that is indispensable. Everything else is supplemental.

My respect for artists is very high. I think to get the most out of them, you have to liberate them. I think part of liberating them is saying, 'Come up with something brilliant, new, and fresh. Stop thinking based on what has been beat into you by executives or publishers in terms of what's going to work and what's not. Don't react, just act.'

The businessman says 'If I don't do it first, somebody else will.' The artist says 'If I don't do it first, nobody else will.'

I've always been controversial because I offer new ideas. For me to be controversial, I think this is positive.

I've got a lot of crazy plans.

I'm an artist, and I like the risk - I'm not in it for the sure things.

Australians have a free spirit and an ability to think outside the box, and that is why I like Australia so much.

A truly creative person rids him or herself of all self-imposed limitations.

It's all about risk-taking when you're making an album. Don't be scared to do weird things sometimes.

I admire people who are creative.

No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or 'get rich' in business by being a conformist.

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

There's no room for being a visionary in the studio system. It literally cannot exist.

I'm experimental by nature... always exploring my creativity.