Billy Corgan Quotes

If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.

I like to try and be outside of the box or do things that other people aren't doing.

Don't hold back in your writing. Take risks. Go ahead and tackle that crazy idea that you think will never fly, because that may be the one that makes you stand out from the crowd. Keep pushing the envelope.

When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts.

There's a silly notion that failure's not an option at NASA. Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

It's important to do something outside the box, and maybe that'll inspire people do also do something outside the box.

You know that I'm always a proponent of doing things differently.

Since I was in my early twenties, at ABC, I was always only interested in things that were not already being done.

Everyone is trying to do something that hasn't been done and that's a really good thing. You can only do so much with a story and some scripts don't give you the opportunities and other scripts do give you the opportunities to do things that haven't been done before.

There's no room for being a visionary in the studio system. It literally cannot exist.

There's real peril in trying to repeat yourself, and apply rules that applied to something else to a new project.

I always like to do something different, something unusual, stray off the path a bit.

The thing I'm most proud of about - not all of our movies, but a lot of our movies - is that you might love 'em, you might hate 'em, but most of the time, they're trying to be different or trying new things, which I think is really important.

If something works, you shouldn't do it again. We want to do something that is new, original - something where there's a good chance of failure.

I think we shouldn't buckle up our creativity. You've got to experiment!

Why do something that's already been done?

What's the fun in doing conventional things? I would rather be known as someone who is unconventional. I like being unconventional. I like doing things which are different. That's what I like... It gives me a boost as an actor.

I feel that one thing that a businessman can learn is do not follow a path that has already been successful. You will never be a path-breaker then.

I think a lot of brands reach a point where they say, 'We kind of have a formula - we've got it made.' Our formula is there's no formula.

If your idea is truly innovative, you're going to hear from the naysayers. After all, if it really were such a good idea, someone would have already done it, right?

If you're not allowed to experiment anymore for fear of being considered self-indulgent or pretentious or what have you, then everyone's going to just stick to the rules - there's not going to be any additional ideas.

If you never want to be criticized, for goodness sake don't do anything new.

Whatever you do, don't play it safe. Don't do things the way they've always been done. Don't try to fit the system. If you do what's expected of you, you'll never accomplish more than others expect.

I would always rather shoot for something unique and fail than do a script because I feel like they're hitting all the right mainstream beats.

Mindless habitual behavior is the enemy of innovation.