Elon Musk says

“I don't believe in process. In fact, when I interview a potential employee and he or she says that 'it's all about the process,' I see that as a bad sign. The problem is that at a lot of big companies, process becomes a substitute for thinking. You're encouraged to behave like a little gear in a complex machine. Frankly, it allows you to keep people who aren't that smart, who aren't that creative.”

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“We are comfortable planting seeds and waiting for them to grow into trees.”

“As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.”

“Change is never easy, but always possible.”

“Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere. Climb the mountain just a little bit to test that it's a mountain. From the top of the mountain, you cannot see the mountain.”

“To invent you have to experiment, and if you know in advance that it’s going to work, it’s not an experiment.”