George Lucas Quotes

Good ideas are often murdered by better ones.

In trying to make something new, half the undertaking lies in discovering whether it can be done. Once it has been established that it can, duplication is inevitable.

Japan's very interesting. Some people think it copies things. I don't think that anymore. I think what they do is reinvent things. They will get something that's already been invented and study it until they thoroughly understand it. In some cases, they understand it better than the original inventor.

You got to be able to reinvent yourself and come up with new ideas because everybody is going to try to copy, which is what you want. You want people to start saying what you say.

If you've done a brilliant version it becomes something else.

I wouldn't say I'm a very original thinker, but if I have a good experience with something, I'll want to take it further or adapt it in some way.

The only way to thrive is to innovate. It's that simple.

Few ideas work on the first try. Iteration is key to innovation.

Well, you might as well imitate your own program because if you don't, someone else will.

The publishing scene in India is evolving rapidly, and the key challenge is to keep reinventing oneself so that one does not become formulaic. Sometimes it is safer to deal with the consequences of failure than the fruits of success. Remaining on one's toes is critical, and often one finds that success makes one complacent.

You should learn from your competitor, but never copy. Copy and you die.

Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable.

I think you always have to be innovating and adapting and improving. You can't stay the same.

You always have to find some new ways. Old ways are too known.

Since I became CEO, 87 percent of the companies in the Fortune 500 are off the list. What that says is that companies that don't reinvent themselves will be left behind. I also think that's true of people. And I think it's true of countries.

In the old days, you would chastise people for reinventing the wheel. Now we beg, 'Oh, please, please reinvent the wheel.'

There's nothing new, even 'new' is inspired by something. We're all, either consciously or unconsciously, we're inspired.

I try to model my game from just a lot of people. If I like something from someone's game, I'll try to take it and just add it to mine.

When it comes to the moves themselves, after I created a style, a lot of guys started doing the same moves I was. I had to switch up my whole offense. Then, when it happened again, I had to switch it up again. It was a hard thing to do, but it helps me grow and helps me not become stale.

You don't always have to start over to create an emotional reaction to your product. It's always powerful to deliver a breakthrough, but there's also a true art to making something great even better.

If you just sit on what you've created, chances are you're not going to be around much longer.

I always like to tweak things and push things forward.

I love recreating, and I love elevating - anything I do I want do ten times better every time.

To me, the funnest part of wrestling is evolving. If you stay the same all the time, you're eventually going to be left behind.

The most promising ideas begin from novelty and then add familiarity.