The history of science is rich in example of the fruitfulness of bringing two sets of techniques, two sets of ideas, developed in separate contexts for the pursuit of new truth, into touch with one another.

First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.

I work all day, do research, sketch my ideas, prepare for performances.

Good jokes are gems. A good idea is hard to come by. I couldn’t give them to someone else, even for money. It just wouldn’t seem right.

It seems almost backwards to me that my music seems the more emotional outlet, and the art stuff seems more about ideas.

The drawing teacher has this problem of communicating how to draw by osmosis and not by instruction, while the physics teacher has the problem of always teaching techniques, rather than the spirit, of how to go about solving physical problems.

For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation.

At one time, I was very angry. I even treated fashion like a kind of crusade: you were either with us or against us, that kind of feeling. Now I know we need ideas, not kicking down a door.

With ideas it is like with dizzy heights you climb: At first they cause you discomfort and you are anxious to get down, distrustful of your own powers; but soon the remoteness of the turmoil of life and the inspiring influence of the altitude calm your blood; your step gets firm and sure and you begin to look – for dizzier heights.

If you are an American, you must allow all ideas to circulate freely in your community, not merely your own.

I will never retire from politics, the revolution, or the ideas I have.

Actors know, with me they aren’t going to be allowed to rehearse a scene for a couple of hours and then get away with doing 25 takes before we get it right. So they come with their full bag of tricks.

For ideas to prevail, many of their defenders have to die in obscurity. Their anonymous influence makes itself felt.

In business, success often depends upon the relative age of your ideas.

America’s experience, like many others, teaches us that fostering entrepreneurship is not just about crafting the right economic policy or developing the best educated curricula. It’s about creating an entire climate in which innovation and ideas flourish.

The world moves, and ideas that were once good are not always good.

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm… in the real world all rests on perseverance.

Feelings are more dangerous than ideas, because they aren’t susceptible to rational evaluation. They grow quietly, spreading underground, and erupt suddenly, all over the place.

Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.

Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth. It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment.

In all seriousness, people think that it’s the ideas that are important. Well, everyone has ideas, all the time. I tend to write mine down and remember them, but at some point you have to apply the bum to the seat and knock out about sixty five thousand words – that’s how long a novel is.

There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt.

One must marry one’s feelings to one’s beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in one’s life.

People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around – the music and the ideas.

The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive.

It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong.

To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.

I never saw a contradiction between the ideas that sustain me and the ideas of that symbol, of that extraordinary figure, Jesus Christ.

The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives.

I don’t like celebrity programmes – but I do like programmes about how ideas are formed and evolve.

Labor gives birth to ideas.

Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.

Getting a great idea with song writing is a lot like love. You don’t know why this one is different, but it is. You don’t know why this one is better, but it is. It sticks in your head, and you can’t stop thinking about it.

I’ve learned new footwork patterns that are very unusual. I’ve learned how to find a lower centre of gravity, and I’ve found more angles to throw shots.

He is the greatest artist who has embodied, in the sum of his works, the greatest number of the greatest ideas.

The last people with any ideas are young people.

It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.

It is always good to know which ideas cannot be checked directly, but it is not necessary to remove them all. It is not true that we can pursue science completely by using only those concepts which are directly subject to experiment.

Men’s ideas are the most direct emanations of their material state.

Good ideas are free – or at least they should be.

If you’ve spent a long time developing a skill and techniques, and now some 14 year-old upstart can get exactly the same result, you might feel a bit miffed I suppose, but that has happened forever.

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!

You can think of the entire Internet as a place where ideas embodied in cyberspace are having a war, and it’s not much different than the war of gods in heaven, which has been taking place since there’s been human beings.

Words are but the signs of ideas.

Writing means sharing. It’s part of the human condition to want to share things – thoughts, ideas, opinions.

I welcome and seek your ideas, but do not bring me small ideas; bring me big ideas to match our future.

Ideas have a short shelf life. You must act on them before the expiration date.

The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever.

Soon, I’ll be like all the others. The time will come for all of us, but the ideas of the Cuban Communists will remain.

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

Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which, before their union, were not perceived to have any relation.

In a magazine, one can get – from cover to cover – 15 to 20 different ideas about life and how to live it.

My proposal happens to be very mainstream.

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.

Part of what made the Macintosh great was that the people working on it were musicians, poets, and artists, and zoologists, and historians. They also happened to be the best computer scientists in the world. But if it hadn’t been computer science, these people would have been doing amazing things in other fields.

Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.

College isn’t the place to go for ideas.

We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us.

Only the ideas that we really live have any value.

Every man lives in two realms: the internal and the external. The internal is that realm of spiritual ends expressed in art, literature, morals, and religion. The external is that complex of devices, techniques, mechanisms, and instrumentalities by means of which we live.