The ability to make big leaps of thought is a common denominator among the originators of breakthrough ideas.

The computer provides the only way to give students a real foundation in 21st-century skills.

MIT is governed by a second, even higher rule: the inalienable right of academic freedom.

You go to developing countries today and you'll find automobiles that you haven't seen since you're childhood and that's because they really are valuable, they're taken care of, they're repaired, and when something breaks, they just don't buy a new one, they actually fix it.

The best way to guarantee a steady stream of new ideas is to make sure that each person in your organization is as different as possible from the others. Under these conditions, and only these conditions, will people maintain varied perspectives and demonstrate their knowledge in different ways.

Big companies are looking closer term, and even the most technological companies spend less than 1% of sales on research. Startups have suffered the burst bubble.

Incrementalism is innovation's worst enemy.