Elif Batuman Quotes

Each additional idea is a gift to the future. Each additional idea producer is a source of wealth for future generations.

Everything begins with an idea.

Creativity is a spark. It can be excruciating when we're rubbing two rocks together and getting nothing. And it can be intensely satisfying when the flame catches and a new idea sweeps around the world.

I think we always move from imitation to assimilation to innovation, but I can't name you 20 people outside those we've already recognized who ever got to point three: innovation.

I think it's better to have ideas.

I enjoy creating new ideas, working on new creative projects.

Coming up with something new and original is so exciting.

Everything, at first, is an idea, a special creation.

I've got research, I have my own life experience I can apply, and I have my imagination.

We can invent only with memory.

The hardest thing is the idea. Ideas come from somewhere but as far as we know they come from nowhere.

If you have the ideas, and you're a creative person, then you don't really differentiate in how your ideas manifest themselves.

Creating something is all about problem-solving.

A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times.

A lot of times, you have an idea, and all the things you are thinking about might fuel it. But that's not where the idea came from.

Invention breeds invention.

For one person who is blessed with the power of invention, many will always be found who have the capacity of applying principles.

People are sources not just of consumption but of innovation.

That's the buzz for me, the creative process. An idea is never as good as when it's in your head. And then it's just how little you ruin it.

Education is the basis of creative thought: the ability to go beyond asking why to why not.

I'm wondering how people are so creative, and how many things were born out of and inspired by the Cube.

One rule of invention: before you can invent it, you have to imagine it.

The truth is, it is hard to know where ideas come from.

Creativity is, after all, lauded as the engine of business innovation.

I like to come up with new ideas and see them grow.