Alastair Reynolds Quotes

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.

I've always been a bit of an inventor, just making up weird things people haven't thought of before. I can't tell you exactly what, though, because they might actually happen one day!

You have to be as original as possible. It's a tough thing to come up with something totally original.

I want to go out there and do some different things that people are like, "Wow. That's crazy. Why didn't I think of that?"

If there's an original thought out there, I could use one right now.

Invention is a flower, innovation is a weed.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.

I would consider myself an inventor at heart, or reinventor.

There's real peril in trying to repeat yourself, and apply rules that applied to something else to a new project.

Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination.

Creativity is the answer. I always prefer the creative solution to an expensive solution.

If you're going to reboot something, reboot it in a totally original way that speaks to a new generation.

There is no science in creativity. If you don't give yourself room to fail, you won't innovate.

In my mind, I'm no longer daunted by the idea of a remake. In fact, I now look at it as a genre unto itself - so long as you make it your own.

Creativity is, after all, lauded as the engine of business innovation.

I came up with all kinds of stuff. That was part of being great and having creativity. I'm not just bragging about myself. I'm just saying.

I think you have to be creative to make a difference in science.

Novelty always sparks ideas.

Can't reinvent the wheel. But you can put your own spin on it.

If your mind is at work, we're in danger of reproducing another cliche. If we can keep our minds out of it and our thoughts out of it, maybe we'll come up with something original.

If you've done a brilliant version it becomes something else.

Most organizations do not value imagination, do not encourage it, do not reward it. In many cases, they don't even think about it. But if you're not thinking about imagination, I guarantee you're not going to have meaningful innovation.

When you have a creative mind it doesn't stop going.

Creativity is putting your imagination to work, and it's produced the most extraordinary results in human culture.