What is valuable is not new, and what is new is not valuable.
Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- What is valuable is often old, and what is new is often not valuable.
- In plain terms
- Old things tend to be valuable; new things often aren’t.
- What can you take from it?
- Don’t equate novelty with worth.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When has a new idea proven valuable?
- How can I tell if something old is still relevant?
Another view
Some innovations are truly valuable despite being new.
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