Colin Wilson Quotes

The bad thing about young people starting a company is that sometimes they do it for the wrong reasons or because they have the wrong skill set, but the good thing is that they don't have any of the old paradigms baked into them, so they have a lot of the bright new ideas that are harder to come by as you get older.

Every great inspiration is but an experiment.

Original thinking migrates each day in search of nourishment.

It is the great triumph of genius to make the common appear novel.

We can't get any new thinking because we can't get any new thinkers.

The people who do make big discoveries are the ones who somehow manage to free themselves from conventional ways of thinking and to see the subject from a new perspective.

The measure of greatness in a scientific idea is the extent to which it stimulates thought and opens up new lines of research.

Doing things outside of the traditional fashion gives me the opportunity to bring a fresh eye to unexpected markets.

I realized I had something new to say, something that wasn't already out there.

I don't want to come in and do something that's been done before. You know, for me, it's not that I wouldn't come in and do a sequel to something, but it's only if I can bring something new to the table and I'm not following an extremely strict path.

At Diversion, we want to do genres that people are not doing - or, if we're doing genres that people are doing, to do them in a fresh way.

Coming up with a good idea, with an insight into the way the world works that is really new and that you really believe in, is a deeply satisfying experience.

You have to think outside the box.

New ideas are difficult just because they are new. Repetition has somehow plastered over the gaps and inconsistencies in the old ones, and the new cannot penetrate.

If I advance new views in Philosophy or Theology, I cannot expect to have many adherents among minds altogether unprepared for such views; yet it is certain that even those who most fiercely oppose me will recognize the power of my voice if it is not a mere echo; and the very novelty will challenge attention, and at last gain adherents if my views have any real insight.

One thing has always been true: That book or that person who can give me an idea or a new slant on an old idea is my friend.

Ideas Are The Lifeblood Of Business. Capture Every Fleeting Idea And Drive For Change.

All new ideas begin in a non-conforming mind that questions some tenet of the conventional wisdom.

Some of the best ideas come sort of out of nowhere and when you're not expecting it.

Being clever was when you looked at how things were and used the evidence to work out something new.

Everything has been thought of before, but the problem is to think of it again.

You have to stand outside the box to see how the box can be re-designed.

I've never had a really creative idea sitting at my desk. All the big ideas that made a difference happened when I was playing outside.

Follow your genius closely enough, and it will not fail to show you a fresh prospect every hour.