John Dryden Quotes

To become successful and outstanding at something, we don't have to come up with something new; we need only find ways of doing it better.

Few ideas work on the first try. Iteration is key to innovation.

I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better.

Luxury, not necessity, is the mother of invention. Every artifact is somewhat wanting in its function, and that is what drives its evolution.

At the point that an idea approaches perfection, fashion and expectations surge ahead, leaving the innovator with considerable room to find further improvements.

There isn't anything in the world that can't be made better.

Nothing is invented and perfected at the same time.

Humans have always used our intelligence and creativity to improve our existence. After all, we invented the wheel, discovered how to make fire, invented the printing press and found a vaccine for polio.

All of the good stuff is going to be done in the future. The stuff we are doing now is crummy compared with what will finally mature.

Strive for perfection … Take the best that exists and make it better. When it does not exist, design it.

Our proper business is improvement. Let our age be the age of improvement

Innovation is a necessity.

Every time we record, and every time we go out live, we try and beat what we've already done.

The hardest thing in the world to do is to take something everyone already knows and make it a little better.

If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress.

Take the best that exists and make it better.

Our need will be the real creator.

To be as good as our fathers, we must be better. Imitation is not discipleship. When some one sent a cracked plate to China to have a set made, every piece in the new set had a crack in it.

Everything good needs replacing

At least at first, the new thing is rarely as good as the old thing was. If you need the alternative to be better than the status quo from the very start, you'll never begin.

We're really serious about reinventing everything that needs reinventing.

Many of the things that seem impossible now will become realities tomorrow.

It's not imitating anything; it has become a better version of itself.

You shouldn't do things differently just because they're different. They need to be... better.

We will never have a perfect world, but it's not romantic or naive to work toward a better one.