Adam Grant Quotes

I wouldn't say I'm a very original thinker, but if I have a good experience with something, I'll want to take it further or adapt it in some way.

I like what I hear as a resulting combination of these two strands... something of a combination of familiarity and, for lack of a better word, strangeness.

In trying to make something new, half the undertaking lies in discovering whether it can be done. Once it has been established that it can, duplication is inevitable.

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

It's a new game now, you know, you have to bring some fresh stuff.

A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times.

If they haven't heard it before it's original.

When something works for you or another brand, ask yourself, 'Why?' Then don't copy it but think about what you can do that's unique to you and better.

You always have to find some new ways. Old ways are too known.

We do worry that we might be making something we've made before. It's important that we make something we've never made before.

What makes a book unique isn't always about having one big grand new idea. It's about combining many different ideas in new and interesting ways.

If it feels like you're aiming for something too familiar, and you're not having a primary new experience, then what's the point of making that movie? It's been done before, so try to find something new out of it.

I don't like the idea of seeing a movie and it feels comfortable because you've heard it before.

Innovation without imitation is a complete waste of time.

My only two constants are to challenge myself and to try not to repeat myself.

The novelty we want is always close to the familiar.

Different is better when it is more effective or more fun.

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.

When we started Aventura, I think a lot of - the reason why we became so successful besides, you know, doing good music, was also the fact that it was unique and different and never done.

Who wants to see the same play again? I certainly don't want to write the same play again and again.

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 heart and soul of pop is newness, excitement, innovation.

You're not gonna write a hundred songs and have a hundred entirely different ideas. It's a matter of finding the ones that are the freshest and most unique.

I always make sure that every film of mine has some element of freshness to it.

There's something about coming up with something out of nothing. I work with somebody else's creation already, and I just try to make it better.