It's not how great the ideas are. It's about how you write them, to make them great.

15"General ideas and great conceit are always a fair way to bring about terrible misfortune.

For myself, I favored the abstract. I collected not just obsolete terms and words, but ideas.

Ideas take root at the oddest moments. Some grow into novels, the weaker ones wither and die.

Ma le cose invisibili hanno bisogno di incarnarsi, le idee cadono a terra come colombe morte.

A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind.

My best ideas come when I distance myself from day-to-day operations. It gives me more focus.

There are two kinds of great power which can shake the earth: Mega earthquakes and big ideas!

Ideas can be life-changing Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea

Like a necktie or a bouquet of flowers, an idea was best if one did not fuss with it too much

There's only one thing in life more dangerous than a bad idea, and that's a good one.

The more degrees of freedom there are in practice, the wider the discussion and debate can be.

Good ideas are common - what s uncommon are people who ll work hard enough to bring them about

Ideas are easy. It's the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats.

That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you.