The mark of the developed intellect is that it could accommodate two contradictory ideas at the same time.

Creativity is the crucial variable in the process of turning knowledge into value

Creativity, my students learn, is as natural a function of the mind as breathing or digestion are natural functions of the body.

You are able to create an environment so that the creative process can take place and that you can get people to perform at their highest levels.

Improvisation in the jazz sense - like the business sense - is not formless. It is built on a skill set. Jazz, for example, involves selecting a tune.

The challenge is to manage creative people so that the output is fruitful. The challenge is not to have an open environment and simply let them do whatever they want.

A pioneering and invaluable work about what it really takes to build innovation capability in society.

You are able to monitor and police your standards of quality once you have defined them.

If you are at Coca-Cola, the creative challenge is one of maintaining - rather than creating - a tremendous level of consumption for your products.

Tunes have notes and tempos and rules. If the tune is "All the Things You Are," you have to adhere to its structure and to the tradition behind that structure.

The capacity to creatively improvise is an important factor that differentiates successful companies - or teams - from those that are not successful.

Surround yourself with things that inspire you every day. Let go of everything that drains your inspiration.

Nobody was ever meant to remember or invent what he did with every cent.

I'm a huge fan of the first 'Independence Day.' It is amazing. When it came out in 1995, just how explosive and big it was... I loved it.

Love is something we must have. We must have it because our spirits feed upon it.

Right now, my voice is better than ever. It changed. I have better low notes than I had before.

The dignity of history.

Emotional troubles are like landfill. Get them outside, and the air disintegrates them.

I want to say that the way in which we understand gender actually changes the way we live gender.

The man, who has begun to live more seriously within, begins to live more simply without.

The process of change does not occur on superficial levels, through mere 'positive thinking.' It involves exploring, discovering, and changing our deepest, most basic attitudes toward life.