280 Quotes About Invention

Invention is by its very nature disruptive. If you want to be understood at all times, then don't do anything new.

[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea whether those things would be of any use.

Men are creatures of invention and are usually determined not to accept no for an answer.

I invented adventures for myself and made up a life, so as at least to live in some way.

Sometimes time spent reinventing the wheel results in a revolutionary new rolling device. But sometimes it just amounts to time spent reinventing the wheel.

Washington is no place in which to carry out inventions

You can be involved and not have ever thought about science or invention in your life. You can have a lot of fun.

...to invent is to discover that we know not, and not to recover or resummon that which we already know

Failure comes part and parcel with invention. It’s not optional.