Michel Gondry Quotes

The trick to having good ideas is not to sit around in glorious isolation and try to think big thoughts. The trick is to get more parts on the table.

It all starts with a great idea and teamwork.

Having colleagues nearby, whether at the beach or in a crypt, means the ideas are always flowing

If I collaborate with people, ideas...they take interesting turns and twists, and I'm excited for that and that process and excited to see what we come up with.

Almost always, great new ideas don't emerge from within a single person or function, but at the intersection of functions or people that have never met before.

The employees who share innovative ideas may also be the folks who have some hidden talents that would help incorporate their suggestions.

I don't know if it'd be any time soon but I'd really like to work on a collaboration with somebody - I always have ideas for stuff like that.

Juggling many projects and having all these accidental collisions that you can't predict enables a kind of comparative thinking. To focus on a single project from beginning to end is extremely difficult, not just for me, but for many people.

The best ideas start as conversations.

Creative collaboration is awesome.

I enjoy being given a certain amount of freedom in order to interpret or to come up with stuff, but I do enjoy collaboration. I seek and thrive on projects where I am going to learn from the people I'm working with.

The best work for creative folks on the team is when the problem is big and the solution escapes everyone.

I love the creative process - brainstorming and coming up with campaigns.

It's been so inspiring to have complete creative control and to just have fun creating and collaborating with people I admire greatly.

If you really want to step up your team's creative thinking, take a hard look at how many people you're putting in a room together. More than three to five is probably too many.

Jeph Loeb has been great to work with, and he's been really supportive of some really bizarre ideas I've had.

At Airbnb, we're trying to build a culture that supports details, celebrates them, and gives our teams creative license to pursue them.

Here's a simple truth: When you surround a good idea with brilliant people, it changes. No matter how much you plan, great ideas have a mind of their own.

It's interesting to see what people who you find talented come up with, so you work with them. Sometimes ideas come along quicker cause they'll come up with something and you'll be like, "It would have taken me forever to get to that point!" Because you're talking together, your brains are moving faster.

But how shall I get ideas? ''Keep your wits open! Observe! Observe! Study! Study! But above all, Think! Think! And when a noble image is indelibly impressed upon the mind - Act!

In great teams, conflict becomes productive. The free flow of conflicting ideas is critical for creative thinking, for discovering new solutions no one individual would have come to on his own.

If there's an original thought out there, I could use one right now.

I have lots of ideas. Trouble is, most of them suck.

When we have a brilliant idea, instead of making others think it is ours, why not let them cook and stir the idea themselves.

I like the idea of collaboration - it pushes you. It's a richer experience.