Albert Einstein

"Creativity is intelligence having fun."

Anne Geddes

- Photographer

"I think that emotional content is an image’s most important element, regardless of the photographic technique. Much of the work I see these days lacks the emotional impact to draw a reaction from viewers, or remain in their hearts.."

Henri Cartier Bresson

- Photographer

"To photograph is to hold one’s breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It’s at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy."

Jony Ive on Design

- Industrial Designer

"There is beauty when something works and it works intuitively."

Manolo Blahnik

- Shoe Designer

"I have to edit myself sometimes, because I’ve got millions of fantasies.."

Ansel Adams

- Photographer

"When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence."

Robert Frank

- Photographer

"The eye should learn to listen before it looks."

Coco Chanel

- Fashion Designer

"In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different."

Charles Eames

- Architect/Graphic Designer

"Recognizing the need is the primary condition for design."

Frank Lloyd Wright

- Architect & Designer

"Form follows function - that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union."

Harry Bartoia

- Sculpture

"The urge for good design is the same as the urge to go on living"

David Yoffie

- HBS Professor

"Gates was able to envision a world in which there was a computer on every desk at a time when personal computers didn't exist."

David Yoffie

- HBS Professor

"Jobs saw a future in which consumers would move beyond the computer to use a range of electronic devices for entertainment and communication and then systematically rolled them out one step at a time"

HBS Press

"If you want to know what “collective genius” can look like, watch a Pixar film...  Pixar has thrived because it has never stopped innovating."

Lady Gaga

- Artist & Performer

“The most important thing about creativity is that you honor your creativity and you don’t ever ignore it or go against what that creative image is telling you."

Tony Fadell

- Founder, Nest

"If you’re not having doubt, then you’re not pushing it hard enough, or you’re not looking at the details close enough."