John Paul DeJoria Quotes

Much ingenuity with a little money is vastly more profitable and amusing than much money without ingenuity.

Our greatest lack is not money for any undertaking, but rather ideas, If the ideas are good, cash will somehow flow to where it is needed.

It's always the organizations that are resource constrained that come up with the good ideas to win.

I think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do. One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out.

So many people wait around for funding, and if they're unsuccessful, they don't make the film; if you've got a good idea, that seems so pointless. There's always a way of doing it; you've just got to find it.

Sometimes, thinking on your feet can be the most creative. Constrained circumstances can bring the best out of you. Some of the most successful shows come out of shoestring invention.

Creativity is an import-export business.

I think being on a constraint with money makes you much more creative.

Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle.

Creativity was born out of necessity because I didn't have many things to play with.

Oddly enough, the lack of money makes us a little bit more creative in a sense.

Lots of ingenuity gets you through times with no money better than money gets you through times of no ingenuity.

When starting out, don't worry about not having enough money. Limited funds are a blessing, not a curse. Nothing encourages creative thinking in quite the same way.

When you're little and you don't have much dough, you have to innovate. You have to be sharp.

Creativity and business acumen don't always go hand in hand.

My mother could make something out of nothing - and everything started from scratch.

Coming up with a way to fix mistakes challenges your creativity and your critical thinking skills and your resourcefulness. Often you end up with something better than what you planned on in the first place.

As a child, I was always interested in building things. Instead of buying candy, I would purchase nails, which I used to construct things out of scrap wood. My mother always claimed that my spending my money on nails instead of on candy was why I was so skinny as a kid.

I grew up in a family where our mother made our clothing. We didn't have a lot of money, so we learned how to scrimp, and we learned how to invent and to create. And those are learned skills.

Low budgets force you to be more creative. Sometimes, with too much money, time and equipment, you can over-think. My way, you can use your gut instinct.

We can always find creative ways to do things.

The choices I make - they have to be creative.

It does seem to produce more creative results when there are limitations. It's like in wartime with rations - people became more inventive with cooking.

I started LearnVest with a tiny savings account where I paid designers, technologists, and even bartered... Because I started with paying for things myself with my own savings, it sharpened my focus of how to spend money.

Tactics mean doing what you can with what you have.