Herbie Hancock Quotes

You see things; and you say 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?'

I hold that man in the right who is most closely in league with the future.

Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.

The future is finally something that we can now put into focus.

The future isn't just a place you'll go. It's a place you will invent.

What is now proved was once only imagined.

It is not enough to look backwards with pride, justified as that pride may be. We must look forward with hope and confidence, too.

Some men see things as they are and say “Why?” I dream things that never were and say, “Why not?”

I am always looking to the future of making things.

I always like to tweak things and push things forward.

Innovation is the calling card of the future.

The possible is constantly being redefined, and I care deeply about helping humanity move forward.

I'm incredibly optimistic about what individuals can do. We have technology that our grandparents would have given their eye teeth for.

Imagination is the only key to the future. Without it none exists - with it all things are possible.

I'm trying to always do new things because if you stay behind and fight the future, you are just going to be left behind.

Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.

An interest in ideas is a sign of human life. People are fascinated by what the future is going to be - and the future is going to be an accumulation of ideas.

Ideas are powerful because they allow us to see the world as it could be, rather than what it is.

Imagination - that's the future for us.

The challenge of the unknown future is so much more exciting than the stories of the accomplished past.

The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life.

You need imagination in order to imagine a future that doesn't exist.

What I'm suggesting to you is that this could be a renaissance. We may be on the cusp of a future which could provide a tremendous leap forward for humanity.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.

Historic opportunities are missed because we fixate on what folks say they want. And what folks say they want in business and politics is limited to what they believe is possible.