Jonathan Ive Quotes

When I teach seminars, I tell people, 'Your stuff has to look like something that's out there, because otherwise nobody will take a chance on you.'

You can't be different for different's sake, and this doesn't always work, but you have to separate yourself from the normal read. Of course, it has to be truthful. If it's not truthful, don't waste your time.

If you do things well, do them better. Be daring, be first, be different, be just.

Don't be a blueprint. Be an original.

I think that all my albums are different enough where I don't feel like I did this the last time.

Different' and 'new' is relatively easy. Doing something that's genuinely better is very hard.

You don't just become number one because you sing like everybody else. There is something different you bring to the table. Make sure you are constantly getting into the newest technologies. Learn the history of what you do, and always respect the ones who came before you.

Just trying to be different - when I hear something - I don't like to go trampling on other people's sounds.

The best imitation in the world is not half as good as a poor original.

You don't want to just do 'me too' companies that are copying what others are doing.

It's no fun for me to cover a song and produce it the exact same way as it already exists. When I hear that happening, I have to say, 'What's the point?'

In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide.

You want to stake your own claim. You don't want to be called a copycat.

I know, people have had different things to say about Marvel, about how creatively free they are or not free they are, but for me, the rule has always just been stay as good as I can possibly be, and stay one step ahead of the curve, and stay unique, and stay myself. And they seem to like that.

We never go overboard and above people's heads. We strive to retain that energy, that spirit we've always had. We feel the more simple and original something is, the better.

The key to me is being different not for the sake of being different, but being the most authentic version of what you do. And definitely it takes a willingness to be different, because there was resistance for me early on, and I feel like that's usually the case when there's a certain paradigm or trend happening, and you step outside of that.

I wouldn't want to go see a comedian if he was using the same jokes. So I'm not going out there trying to do the same thing that and my body's changed, my life's changed and really if people have already seen me do something a 1,000 times, 1,001 is not going to impress anybody.

I want to do something that people have not seen before... surprise everyone. There has to be variety in work.

The movies I do have to be different in some way. Nothing vanilla will do.

I just wanted to be different; I didn't wanna sound like anybody else.

I don't want to be boring, and I never want people to think it's a snoozefest. I want to find the middle point between looking classic and also trying something new.

Strive to be different and better than what is already out there if you are creating - Benjamin Clementine does that.

The 'copy, paste' mentality of some investors and entrepreneurs - be careful of that. Do something that is unique to you, not because someone else's journey is mirroring it.

Don't do anyone else's version of a hit song - it's gonna sound terrible. You just have to do what you do well and crank it up to 11.

I just want to inspire people to be different.