Jacque Fresco Quotes

Any year that you don't destroy one of your best-loved ideas is probably a wasted year

But in a broader sense, when I have more control, I want to expose people to new ideas.

Part of being innovative in government is sometimes not trying to plot out the last chapter of the book, but to be open and see what comes back.

The true worth of an experimenter consists in his pursuing not only what he seeks in his experiment, but also what he did not seek.

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.

I don't want to limit myself as a writer. Tastes change, and I want to keep my eye on the future.

Yet you must not cling to the words of the old sages either; they, too, may not be right. Even if you believe them, you should be alert so that, in the event that something superior comes along, you may follow that.

Doubt is important because it suggests progress. Total certainty can mean there's no assessment of things. Doubt, if you don't panic, can allow newness to come in and challenge something that's an established mode.

My style evolves day by day; I love change.

Innovation actually demands freedom and freedom demands innovation.

I'm old enough to know you can't close your mind to new ideas. You have to test out every possibility if you want something new.

I'm always moving forward and trying new things.

I like to leave a little room to innovate and change things around while I'm working.

The willingness to experiment with change may be the most essential ingredient to success at anything.

A man's work is in danger of deteriorating when he thinks he has found the one best formula for doing it. If he thinks that, he is likely to feel that all he needs is merely to go on repeating himself . . . so long as a person is searching for better ways of doing his work, he is fairly safe.

Don’t let yourself be. Find something new to try, something to change. Count how often it succeeds and how often it doesn’t. Write about it. Ask a patient or a colleague what they think about it. See if you can keep the conversation going.

The only phrase I've ever disliked is, 'Why, we've always done it that way.' I always tell young people, 'Go ahead and do it. You can always apologize later.'

I don't mind trying it out and making sure something seems to work well.

That without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, moribund.

If we will only allow that, as we progress, we remain unsure, we will leave opportunities for alternatives.

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.

The biggest threat to a better life is the desire to keep the future under control - to make the world predictable by reining in creativity and enterprise. Progress as a neat blueprint, with no deviations and no surprise, may work in children's cartoons or utopian novels. But it's just a fantasy.

There's been a lot of role reversal going on in the band. The roles people have been playing for a long time will always be there, but everybody's willing to try on different outfits.

We get very set in our ways and it's sometimes hard to look beyond what else is out there.

I'm attracted to seeing how different I can be, pushing the boat out.