Joichi Ito Quotes

It is only in the shadows, when some fresh wave, truly original, truly creative, breaks upon the shore, that there will be a rediscovery of the West.

I invent nothing, I rediscover.

I think I've always been slightly addicted to not repeating myself. When you're doing something the first time around, it's often the best time. I think 'Blank Project' is about carrying on. Its that thing where you're making something because you have to, but you don't know how or why.

Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.

A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.

Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.

I'm normally drawn to something I haven't done and seen before.

Steve Jobs was Galileo in a past life. Discovery was instinctual for him.

From the very beginning, I've always just wanted to do something I've never done before. I'm still just trying to be on that path. It's all about working with filmmakers that you believe in.

Because of this, originality consists in returning to the origin.

Knowledge comes from the past, so it's safe. It is also out of date. It's the opposite of originality... Experience is the opposite of being creative.

I'm always looking for something new: a new inspiration, a new philosophy, a new way to look at something, new talent.

I'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent.

Every great inspiration is but an experiment - though every experiment we know, is not a great inspiration.

To us, the value of a work lies in its newness: the invention of new forms, or a novel combination of old forms, the discovery of unknown worlds or the exploration of unfamiliar areas in worlds already discovered - revelations, surprises.

It's not that complicated. If you hear something and it makes you want to hear it again, that's the ticket. You have to be lucky enough to find geniuses, welcome them and get out of their way.

I do not seek. I find.

I think we always move from imitation to assimilation to innovation, but I can't name you 20 people outside those we've already recognized who ever got to point three: innovation.

You want experimentation. Every once in awhile, you stumble upon something that blows your mind.

Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.

I do try to do high-impact work, and I try to think of ideas people haven't thought about that have broad implications, but I don't restrict myself to that. I try to work on things that I find interesting.

I do think it's important, if you're going to be very creative, to be a seeker.

The element of truth in the concept of genius is to be sought in the object, in what is open, not confined by repetition.

Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure.