Quotes by Eric Weiner, The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley

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Places of genius challenge us. They are difficult. They do not earn their place in history with ethnic restaurants or st — Eric Weiner, The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley
All genuinely creative ideas are initially met with rejection, since they necessarily threaten the status quo. An enthus — Eric Weiner, The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley
It's a silly argument, and unnecessary. Creativity doesn't happen "in here" or "out there" but in the spaces in between. — Eric Weiner, The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley
Einstein's secretary once said that if Einstein were born among the polar bears, he would still be Einstein. But unless — Eric Weiner, The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley
Yes, failure is part of the mix, he says, but it is a means, not an end. If you fail repeatedly, and in the same manner, — Eric Weiner, The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley
The point is, the "best" technology or idea doesn't always prevail. Sometimes chance and the law of unintended consequen — Eric Weiner, The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley
Ideas are like bananas. That bananas grow only in tropical regions doesn't make them any less delicious in Scandinavia. — Eric Weiner, The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley
First of all, nothing good ever came from a beanbag chair. Nothing. I am speaking from personal experience. — Eric Weiner, The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley
The creator of Bambi was secretly writing pornographic novels on the side. This single fact tells you everything you nee — Eric Weiner, The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley
Geniuses are always marginalized to one degree or another. Someone wholly invested in the status quo is unlikely to disr — Eric Weiner, The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley
You can be as good as Rembrandt, but if no one discovers you, you will only be a genius in theory. — Eric Weiner, The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley
To describe yourself as an entrepreneur or a disrupter is as meaningless as describing yourself as an athlete or a think — Eric Weiner, The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley