Ron Johnson Quotes

I think we shouldn't buckle up our creativity. You've got to experiment!

In order to innovate, you have to experiment.

If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.

The common question that gets asked in business is, 'why?' That's a good question, but an equally valid question is, 'why not?'

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts.

How to teach people to do what hasn't been done is a great riddle.

The essence of creativity is to look beyond where you can actually see. I don't want to dwell in same place too long.

Creativity is a game changer. That's true of society, in advertising and in life.

The Wright brothers didn't contemplate the staying on the ground of things. Alexander Graham Bell didn't contemplate the noncommunication of things. Thomas Edison didn't contemplate the darkness of things. In order to float an idea into your reality, you must be willing to do a somersault into the unconceivable and land on your feet, contemplating what you want instead of what you don't have.

Magic lies in challenging what seems impossible.

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

Some of the screen's best moments were realized because a director went against all reason, all logic. No matter how incredible a story seems, it can be made credible. If you feel an insane idea strongly enough, you've usually got something.

To innovate is not to reform.

My view is there's no bad time to innovate.

In life, a lot of great ideas sound insane or absurd at first.

We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been set up by a particular sequence of experience.

Entrepreneurs almost always have to step out of existing institutions that embody old ways of doing things to build their vision.

Politics is the art of the possible; creativity is the art of the impossible.

A lot of really great, innovative things have happened when people just didn't know it wasn't supposed to be possible.

That's the great thing about being a writer. You dream up amazing questions... and then dream up even more amazing answers.

Doubt is the father of invention.

Don't hold back in your writing. Take risks. Go ahead and tackle that crazy idea that you think will never fly, because that may be the one that makes you stand out from the crowd. Keep pushing the envelope.

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

Never lose this innovation spirit.