Innovation Quotes

At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top - I'm afraid that's not quite right.

The point is that when we focus on all three things at once-technology, policies, and markets-we can encourage innovation, spark new companies, and get new products into the market fast.

The greatest invention in the world is the mind of a child.

Continued innovation is the best way to beat the competition.

We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles.

Most of my ideas belonged to other people who never bothered to develop them.

Keep on the lookout for novel ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea has to be original only in its adaptation to the problem you're working on.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them.

Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.

I'm actually as proud of the things we haven't done as the things I have done. Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things.

I am saddened, not by Microsoft's success - I have no problem with their success. They've earned their success, for the most part. I have a problem with the fact that they just make really third-rate products.

Pretty much, Apple and Dell are the only ones in this industry making money. They make it by being WalMart. We make it by innovation.

To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of disciplines.

We hire people who want to make the best things in the world.

Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity - not a threat.

It takes a lot of hard work to make something simple.

Details matter, it's worth waiting to get it right.

If you keep your eye on the profit, you're going to skimp on the product. But if you focus on making really great products, then the profits will follow.