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I'm a big fan of small business ownership. I think it's the backbone of American innovation. But to be successful you first have to have the courage to go for it.

Business has only two functions - marketing and innovation.

Sometimes when you innovate you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly and get on with improving your other innovations.

The U.S. tries to provide immigrants who grow up here with a world-class education and imbue them with the can-do attitude that has long defined American innovation.

In its most limited sense modern art would seem to concern itself only with the technical innovations of the period.

Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation.

Without tradition art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation it is a corpse.

Innovation is this amazing intersection between someone's imagination and the reality in which they live. The problem is many companies don't have great imagination but their view of reality tells them that it's impossible to do what they imagine.

Success doesn't necessarily come from breakthrough innovation but from flawless execution. A great strategy alone won't win a game or a battle the win comes from basic blocking and tackling.