Patrick Cox Quotes

Building a house is like producing a movie. There's no right way to do it but a lot of wrong ways. You have to be flexible and creative. You have to move fast, be prepared - or it quickly becomes costly.

I am an engineer, not just an architect, so I've always been motivated by technique or technology. As soon as technology moves just a little bit, it changes architecture.

The simple rule I will follow to sustain in the industry would be to adapt to these ongoing changes and be a versatile artiste.

I think a critical part of being successful in our industry is having a beginner's mind

It's not about your resources, it's about your resourcefulness .

The most important skill of the future will be the ability to learn and adapt. You need to be resourceful, keep your eyes open for advances coming out of nowhere, and embrace the new opportunities as they emerge. You need to be able to collaborate with others and build relationships. You need to be able to share ideas, inspire, and motivate.

It's not resources but resourcefulness that ultimately makes the difference.

There is no single way to train, or do anything well. You have to keep thinking, keep doing things.

You can always think that we're old and not innovative, but there is no company that can limp on for 139 years without being creative and having the genes to change.

People who are constantly looking for the opportunity to do something new are also people who are not going to be helped by having job titles - job titles create expectations of specialization and focus which don't map really well to creating the best possible experience for your customers.

Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success.

I guess confidence is the only thing that I take from project to project, but I'm always open to learning everybody's style - the director, the actor I'm working with.

In my work, I have never had any use for anything that I have known in advance.

If people stop liking my clothes, I'll make a record.

The novel is resilient, and so are novelists.

We must improvise, and we must experiment, and we must do things that might go wrong, and everything we bring - the people and the equipment - must serve us in that goal.

Whether I am collaborating with different people, I like changing projects conceptually so I can grow.

I learned two basic lessons on Everest. First, just because something has worked in the past does not mean it will work today. Second, different challenges require different mindsets.

I don't think I've ever been moulded but I think I am always learning.

You gotta be able to change worlds.

If you're going to stick around in this business, you have to have the ability to reinvent yourself, whether consciously or unconsciously.

Technology is huge; I wanted to learn about it. People might say that's odd, but I think it's odd if artists aren't interested in the world around them. I'm always chasing that.

Entrepreneurs have a great ability to create change, be flexible, build companies and cultivate the kind of work environment in which they want to work.

Android was intended to be very customizable. And we welcome innovations.

When most people hit failure, they give up, but good entrepreneurs simply treat failure as a learning experience and use it to fuel and inform their next move.