Cynthia Ozick Quotes

I'm very much a creative person, but you've got to do the follow-through. A lot of people start out with an exciting thing and they want to take over the world, but really the people who do take over the world have a good plan of how to get there and the steps along the way.

I like the creative aspect of developing a project.

Intellectuals are good at seeing the big picture. But they are not so good at process.

You can have X's and O's, you can have talent, but if you don't have a vision, it won't work.

I love the creative process - brainstorming and coming up with campaigns.

All innovation begins with vision. It’s what happens next that is critical.

Creation begins with vision.

Planning is my favorite - to have a vision and watch it materialize.

The fact was I had the vision... I think everyone has... what we lack is the method.

Isn't the drawing board the place where all the best work happens? It's not a bad thing to go back there. It's the entire point.

Everything, at first, is an idea, a special creation.

The difference between a builder and an architect is that an architect also cares about desire, about dreams.

I use my mind to solve problems and invent things.

My training and my inclination is to invent.

There's no possibility that foresight work will ruin my creativity. It goes to a different area than the creative wellspring of SF.

Innovation has nothing to do with how many R & D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R & D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.

True change takes place in the imagination.

I try to push a single idea to its absolute limit. So for all of those ideas that existed in the story, you attempt to find a physical realisation in the space.

We are excellent at launching Tomahawk missiles; we need to get better at launching ideas.

That's the buzz for me, the creative process. An idea is never as good as when it's in your head. And then it's just how little you ruin it.

What I do enjoy is the creative process.

I think the mind should deliver new and fresh designs all the time.

I like to come up with new ideas and see them grow.

The real heart of strategy is the strategist.