Jacques Barzun Quotes

Pouring out ideas is better for creativity than doling them out by the teaspoon.

I have a supermarket full of ideas and the challenge is how many ideas can I get in my cart before I'm gone. When you're doing it, you're not focused on success. It's not a matter of modesty. You're simply trying to get all the things done that you want to get done in your life.

You can't have good ideas unless you're willing to generate a lot of bad ones.

You can't have good ideas unless you have lots of ideas.

It's been really exciting to work on a collaborative, creative team where we got to bounce ideas back and forth and figure out the best one.

I have ideas whirring around my head all the time.

I have ideas saved on my computer that I visit from time to time to see if one may shine and motivate me.

It's very productive scientifically; I often get some very good ideas for my research while hiking.

The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas and throw the bad ones away.

When you come up with a good idea, you don't have to do a whole lot. The idea does it for you.

I would worry if I wasn't coming up with ideas, if I wasn't inspired.

I have too many ideas for a lifetime.

For me it's just, I have too many ideas, man. It's a problem, actually.

I'll stop when I run out of ideas.

Never listen to music when you're trying go come up with a Big Idea.

We all have great ideas. No one ever says, "I've got this terrible idea."

It's a good idea to have a break, to let your mind rest and so you can start to cultivate ideas.

I can't really say - if I've run out of ideas until I've had my next set of ideas.

If you want to have good ideas you must have many ideas. Most of them will be wrong, and what you have to learn is which ones to throw away.

The answer to the question "where do good ideas come from" is always the same, the come from bad ideas. If you come up with 20 bad ideas you get one good one.

I'm always working on something. I wish I had more time for free-thinking and brainstorming new ideas. That's not to say my mind doesn't wander, but I find myself wishing for more of that kind of time.

If you want to have good ideas you must have many ideas.

I don't know where my ideas come from. I will admit, however, that one key ingredient is caffeine. I get a couple cups of coffee into me and weird things just start to happen.

Nobody has a monopoly on good ideas