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The Profile Dossier: Ed Catmull, Pixar's Creative Genius
- “To be a truly creative company, you must start things that might fail.”
from The Profile Dossier: Ed Catmull, Pixar's Creative Genius by Polina Marinova
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- “If you don’t try to uncover what is unseen and understand its nature, you will be ill prepared to lead.”
from The Profile Dossier: Ed Catmull, Pixar's Creative Genius by Polina Marinova
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- “The attempt to avoid failure makes failure more likely.”
from The Profile Dossier: Ed Catmull, Pixar's Creative Genius by Polina Marinova
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- "We as executives have to resist our natural tendency to avoid or minimize risks, which, of course, is much easier said than done," he says. "If you want to be original, you have to accept the uncertainty, even when it’s uncomfortable, and have the capability to recover when your organization takes a big risk and fails."
from The Profile Dossier: Ed Catmull, Pixar's Creative Genius by Polina Marinova
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- “We believe that ideas only become great when they are challenged and tested.”
from The Profile Dossier: Ed Catmull, Pixar's Creative Genius by Polina Marinova
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- “Mistakes aren’t a necessary evil. They aren’t evil at all. They are an inevitable consequence of doing something new.”
from The Profile Dossier: Ed Catmull, Pixar's Creative Genius by Polina Marinova
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- “Unleashing creativity requires that we loosen the controls, accept risk, trust our colleagues, work to clear the path for them, and pay attention to anything that creates fear.
from The Profile Dossier: Ed Catmull, Pixar's Creative Genius by Polina Marinova
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- “Driving the train doesn’t set its course. The real job is laying the track.”
from The Profile Dossier: Ed Catmull, Pixar's Creative Genius by Polina Marinova
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- “The creative act is acting and responding in the face of change.”
from The Profile Dossier: Ed Catmull, Pixar's Creative Genius by Polina Marinova
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