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title: "11 Try Ideas Quotes by 11 authors"
description: "Browse 11 Try Ideas quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Try Ideas sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Don't try to get ideas; create the situation for them instead.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haresh-sippy/don-t-try-to-get-ideas-create-the-situation-for-them-instead/)

[Haresh Sippy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haresh-sippy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fe/haresh-sippy-5949_creativity_don-t-try-to-get-ideas-create-the-situat_537270.jpg)

> [When you're acting, you can try your own ideas and be free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/storm-reid/when-you-re-acting-you-can-try-your-own-ideas-and-be-free/)

[Storm Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/storm-reid/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc7/storm-reid-15097_acting_when-you-re-acting-you-can-try-your-own_2286732.jpg)

> [Music is the core of what we are trying to do, and we try to find many other ideas around it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-manuel-de-homem-christo/music-is-the-core-of-what-we-are-trying-to-do-and-we-try-to-find-many/)

[Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-manuel-de-homem-christo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ab/guy-manuel-de-homem-christo-10_find_music-is-the-core-of-what-we-are-trying_679760.jpg)

> [Try out your ideas by visualizing them in action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-seabury/try-out-your-ideas-by-visualizing-them-in-action/)

[David Seabury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-seabury/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09f/david-seabury-24328_action_try-out-your-ideas-by-visualizing-them-i_919222.jpg)

> [I'm always tempted to say, 'Nah, that won't work.' But I think you should be willing to try ideas out before saying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/issa-rae/i-m-always-tempted-to-say-nah-that-won-t-work-but-i-think-you-should/)

[Issa Rae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/issa-rae/)

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> [I realized why I need to start a new company. Not for the money. Not because I'm 'bored'. But because a company…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-sivers/i-realized-why-i-need-to-start-a-new-company-not-for-the-money-not/)

[Derek Sivers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-sivers/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94f/derek-sivers-9939_bored_i-realized-why-i-need-to-start-a-new-com_228039.png)

> [“Designing is best done first on paper. It's cheap and fast, making it easy to try many ideas well before anyone's ego…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/berkun-scott/designing-is-best-done-first-on-paper-it-s-cheap-and-fast-making-it/)

[Berkun, Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/berkun-scott/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3d/berkun-scott-58300_designing_designing-is-best-done-first-on-paper-it_766258.jpg)

> [I would always change my Barbies. I'd cut their hair, paint on tattoos, and create new clothes for them. I would invent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosalia/i-would-always-change-my-barbies-i-d-cut-their-hair-paint-on-tattoos/)

[Rosalia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosalia/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/483/rosalia-5509_change_i-would-always-change-my-barbies-i-d-cut_2240131.jpg)

> [Give the composer time to experiment, time to try out ideas. Also, the time to fail. When the composer has very little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-johannsson/give-the-composer-time-to-experiment-time-to-try-out-ideas-also-the/)

[Johann Johannsson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-johannsson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25b/johann-johannsson-8922_investing_give-the-composer-time-to-experiment-tim_1853066.jpg)

> [There are always a bunch of ideas floating around and I do the best that I can to try to not do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-j-abrams/there-are-always-a-bunch-of-ideas-floating-around-and-i-do-the-best/)

[J. J. Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-j-abrams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99d/j-j-abrams-3542_bunch_there-are-always-a-bunch-of-ideas-floati_228761.jpg)

> [“Don't try to find the ideas, let the ideas find you." I said, unsure if I even knew what I was talking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-colfer/don-t-try-to-find-the-ideas-let-the-ideas-find-you-i-said-unsure-if-i/)

[Chris Colfer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-colfer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b1/chris-colfer-1370_amazing-experience_don-t-try-to-find-the-ideas-let-the-idea_1541809.jpg)

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