Peter Diamandis Quotes

To innovate is not to reform.

The challenge is that the day before something is truly a breakthrough, it's a crazy idea. And crazy ideas are very risky to attempt.

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

Most entrepreneurial ideas will sound crazy, stupid and uneconomic, and then they'll turn out to be right.

I want to work on things that aren't self-evident, to propose things that are radically different and game-changing.

I believe in being an innovator.

Innovation never comes from the established institutions.

The big deal for me has always been innovation.

When I've tried to reinvent the wheel, I get bashed for not doing the familiar things.

I've always been controversial because I offer new ideas. For me to be controversial, I think this is positive.

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

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

If you are truly innovating, you don't have a prototype you can refer to.

Nintendo's philosophy is never to go the easy path; it's always to challenge ourselves and try to do something new.

Well, when you're trying to create things that are new, you have to be prepared to be on the edge of risk.

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

Usually the wacky people have the breakthroughs. The 'smart' people don't.

Innovation is a necessity.

The world of entertainment is, like the world of fashion, becoming increasingly populated by those who don't want to do things the same old boring way.

In the old days, you would chastise people for reinventing the wheel. Now we beg, 'Oh, please, please reinvent the wheel.'

More or less, I am always saying, 'Let's do what has not been done.'

If something works, you shouldn't do it again. We want to do something that is new, original - something where there's a good chance of failure.

The most successful people in the world are the ones who thought of that idea that was 'too crazy to work.'

The trouble with innovation is that truly innovative ideas often look like bad ideas at the time.

The best entrepreneurs know when to ignore sage advice.