Open Environment Quotes

We have a very open culture at the company, where we foster a lot of interaction between not just me and people but between everyone else. It's an open floor plan. People have these desks where no one really has an office. I mean, I have a room where I meet with people. But it has all glass, so everyone can see into it and see what's going on.

I grew up in San Fransisco in a very liberal community. My environment was very, very open and very liberal.

You want to create an environment where we're fostering ideas, not rejecting them.

Some people may get in to the building without the proper passes and things, but I think that's the price you pay for being an open place for people to come.

There are plenty of sports teams that say they're very open and super accepting in the locker room. But are they really? Is it really a safe environment? Have they preset that environment to make these players feel comfortable for coming out? I don't think so because there's none out.

Out here where the world begins and ends, it’s like nothing ever stops happening.

A place of freedom is the best place to have the most creativity.

Years ago when I started doing TV and making appearances in big arenas, the place would put security guys up there and I said, "Please don't do that. It's very distracting to see ten cops in front of the stage. Everybody's looking at the officers instead of me. I don't want that." I also found that people will dare to break a barricade. If they have a barricade, somebody will always try to jump over it. I've found that the more open I am, the better.

An honest, open environment can bring out the best in people.

He who works with the door open gets all kinds of interruptions, but he also occasionally gets clues as to what the world is and what might be important.

Being out in the street is not an expectation of privacy. Anyone can look at you, can see you, can watch what you're doing.

I want 'Vogue' to feel like a shop that you're not scared to walk into, one that's quite welcoming.

If we want to make workplaces more open, we need to acknowledge logistical challenges... by being more open, it might create a path for other women.

History shows that the more open the intellectual environment, the better minorities will do.