“The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones.”

“You're trying to escape from your difficulties, and there never is any escape from difficulties, never. They have to be faced and fought.”

“A little bit of one story joins onto an idea from another, and hey presto,… not old tales but new ones. Nothing comes from nothing.”

“… In the summer New York was the only place in which one could escape from New Yorkers…”

“... said the not entirely suppressed old Ivan, rearing his head from inside the new one, although without much confidence.”

“I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.”

“She could not understand why people feared new ideas. She was frightened by the old ones.”

“The ability of your organization to be competitive and survive lies not so much in solutions themselves, but in the capability of the people in your organization to understand a situation and develop solutions.”

“Above all, it's creative thinking that lies at the basis of discoveries. You must dare to think differently, see things from different sides, in order to come across fortuitous new ideas frequently. You should develop even the most stupid ideas and when you do this systematically, there will always come something useful out of it.”

“Mankind have infinite difficulty in reaching new creations, and therefore cherish the once developed forms as sacred heirlooms.”