Frederik Pohl Quotes

Without deviation progress is not possible.

I think you need to do something new to keep reinventing yourself.

What the world is saying to us human beings is, 'Don't stick to the old ways, learn to think anew.' And that's what musicians do every day.

What makes our world so fascinating is that continuously there are novel and creative ideas spurring people to leave old ways and try something new.

I like new products, I like when YouTube changes, I like when people have big ideas and try things out.

We aren't afraid to take creative risks, which is the main ingredient in our recipe for change.

What good is an idea if it remains an idea? Try. Experiment. Iterate. Fail. Try again. Change the world.

Throughout the history of el Bulli, there have been many changes in its organisation or philosophy. This is another one of those moments. There will be risk, and freedom, and creativity. But there won't be opening hours, or reservations, or routines.

I'm lost in a transition. The old is dead, and I don't know what the new is. The only way to find the new is to start different things and see if there's something that can come out of experimentation. It's somewhat unsettling, but it's a hopeful thing in a way. I've been here before, lots of times.

For the world to be interesting, you have to be manipulating it all the time.

Fashion is about change, don't you think?

I learned from my dad that change and experimentation are constants and important. You have to keep trying new things.

Nobody sets out to break new ground. I think change comes when people have no other choice.

You can't just play the same thing, over and over again.

There are people who say that you can't experiment... That condemns you to failure.

If you do something new, it will always look a little bit strange.

Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable.

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 am still making order out of chaos by reinvention.

Our home, just like our garden, evolves. We experiment, try out different things and new colors until we feel content. Try to keep the metaphor of home as garden in your consciousness.

The human imagination has already come to conceive the possibility of recreating human society.

It is well that the beaten ways of the world get trodden into mud : we are thus forced to seek new paths and pick out new lines of life.

Innovation means change.

I have a hatred of familiarity. If I feel like I am doing something I've done before, it feels old and done. I feel I have no choice but to strike out in directions that feel new - anything less just doesn't seem worth it.

The only way to change something is to shock it. If you want your muscles to grow, you have to shock them. If you want society to change, you have to shock them.