104 Quotes by Edwin Land

Profundity and originality are attributes of single, if not singular, minds.

The world is like a fertile field that's waiting to be harvested. The seeds have been planted, and what I do is go out and help plant more seeds and harvest them.

The process must be concealed from - non-existent for - the photographer, who by definition need think of the art in the taking and not in the making photographs... In short, all that should be necessary to get a good picture is to take a good picture.

Over the years, I have learned that every significant invention has several characteristics. By definition it must be startling, unexpected, and must come into a world that is not prepared for it. If the world were prepared for it, it would not be much of an invention.

You must expect failure after failure after failure before you succeed.

Politeness is the poison of collaboration.

Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity.

There's a rule they don't teach you at Harvard Business School. It is: If anything is worth doing, it's worth doing to excess.

An invention that is quickly accepted will turn out to be a rather trivial alteration of something that has already existed.