--- title: "18 Ideas Start Quotes by 18 authors" description: "Browse 18 Ideas Start quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Ideas Start sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/226/patri-friedman-58649_big-idea_big-ideas-start-as-weird-ideas-1764641_1764641.jpg" --- > [Big ideas start as weird ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patri-friedman/big-ideas-start-as-weird-ideas/) [Patri Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patri-friedman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/226/patri-friedman-58649_big-idea_big-ideas-start-as-weird-ideas-1764641_1764641.jpg) > [“Great ideas start with completely unrealistic thoughts.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-mettler/great-ideas-start-with-completely-unrealistic-thoughts/) [Markus Mettler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-mettler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e72/markus-mettler-260432_great-ideas_great-ideas-start-with-completely-unreal_3174735.jpg) > [The best ideas start as conversations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-ive/the-best-ideas-start-as-conversations/) [Jonathan Ive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-ive/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/888/jonathan-ive-3015_best_the-best-ideas-start-as-conversations-22_2214718.png) > [It's amazing how ideas start out, isn't it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-farage/it-s-amazing-how-ideas-start-out-isn-t-it/) [Nigel Farage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-farage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e15/nigel-farage-2307_amazing_it-s-amazing-how-ideas-start-out-isn-t-i_293912.png) > [Great dreams and ideas start from the mind and end outside as goals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonah-takon/great-dreams-and-ideas-start-from-the-mind-and-end-outside-as-goals/) [Jonah Takon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonah-takon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ff/jonah-takon-64927_ambition_great-dreams-and-ideas-start-from-the-mi_1622867.jpg) > [All great ideas start as weird ideas. What now seems obvious, early on, is not obvious to anybody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-case/all-great-ideas-start-as-weird-ideas-what-now-seems-obvious-early-on/) [Steve Case](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-case/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d88/steve-case-8001_great-idea_all-great-ideas-start-as-weird-ideas-wha_894310.png) > [The great ideas start flowing when you stop thinking about the obvious way of doing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-lord/the-great-ideas-start-flowing-when-you-stop-thinking-about-the/) [Phil Lord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-lord/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b97/phil-lord-18148_great_the-great-ideas-start-flowing-when-you-s_538703.jpg) > [I don't like to talk about big ideas until I start formally working on it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilson/i-don-t-like-to-talk-about-big-ideas-until-i-start-formally-working/) [John Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b6/john-wilson-4456_art-form_i-don-t-like-to-talk-about-big-ideas-unt_2506816.png) > [All good ideas start out as bad ideas, that's why it takes so long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/all-good-ideas-start-out-as-bad-ideas-that-s-why-it-takes-so-long/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfa/steven-spielberg-963_bad-idea_all-good-ideas-start-out-as-bad-ideas-th_3170776.jpg) > [“Perhaps you are just close to what you have been waiting for all along and ideas start formulating in your mind and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/israelmore-ayivor/perhaps-you-are-just-close-to-what-you-have-been-waiting-for-all/) [Israelmore Ayivor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/israelmore-ayivor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c65/israelmore-ayivor-79_art-form_perhaps-you-are-just-close-to-what-you-h_1793300.jpg) > [It's funny that some ideas start with a little "What if?" and then suddenly you're spending a million dollars to shoot the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/it-s-funny-that-some-ideas-start-with-a-little-what-if-and-then/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/622/steve-martin-593_dollars_it-s-funny-that-some-ideas-start-with-a_1552346.jpg) > [Often the ideas in the show start out as ideas that make you laugh - outrageous "what if" ideas. I wanted an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/often-the-ideas-in-the-show-start-out-as-ideas-that-make-you-laugh/) [Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/203/charlie-brooker-1392_ideas_often-the-ideas-in-the-show-start-out-as_2820498.png) > [“Live to start your stupid ideas, and start to live a life without regret--a life filled with meaning, freedom, happiness, fun, authenticity,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-norton/live-to-start-your-stupid-ideas-and-start-to-live-a-life-without/) [Richie Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-norton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdd/richie-norton-1514_authenticity_live-to-start-your-stupid-ideas-and-star_1573826.jpg) > [My favorite part of writing a book is thinking up the ideas, and that can start a long time before I actually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/my-favorite-part-of-writing-a-book-is-thinking-up-the-ideas-and-that/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac7/anthony-horowitz-1452_actually_my-favorite-part-of-writing-a-book-is-th_932045.jpg) > [To me, all creativity is magic. Ideas start out in the empty void of your head - and they end up as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-moore/to-me-all-creativity-is-magic-ideas-start-out-in-the-empty-void-of/) [Alan Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-moore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/970/alan-moore-583_art_to-me-all-creativity-is-magic-ideas-star_583404.jpg) > [Very often, if I know the orchestra doesn't know a piece or it's a new piece, I have main ideas about it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-masur/very-often-if-i-know-the-orchestra-doesn-t-know-a-piece-or-it-s-a-new/) [Kurt Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-masur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d29/kurt-masur-23002_beautiful_very-often-if-i-know-the-orchestra-doesn_1942644.jpg) > [I turn on the machines and start to think about ideas and take it from there, it usually begins if it's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-harris/i-turn-on-the-machines-and-start-to-think-about-ideas-and-take-it/) [Mick Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2f/mick-harris-88403_art-work_i-turn-on-the-machines-and-start-to-thin_2773781.jpg) > [In my own life, I found that whenever I wasn't sure what to do next, I would go and learn a lot,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-ng/in-my-own-life-i-found-that-whenever-i-wasn-t-sure-what-to-do-next-i/) [Andrew Ng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-ng/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91c/andrew-ng-5131_brain_in-my-own-life-i-found-that-whenever-i-w_242948.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ideas-start/#itemlist", "name": "Ideas Start Quotes", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Big ideas start as weird ideas.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Patri Friedman" }, "url": 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