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Edwin Land
American
Inventor
About the author
Its not that we need new ideas, but we need to stop having old ideas.
Edwin Land,
American
Inventor
#Old
#Ideas
An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail.
Edwin Land,
American
Inventor
#Being
#Creativity
Any problem can be solved using the materials in the room.
Edwin Land,
American
Inventor
Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity.
Edwin Land,
American
Inventor
#Stupidity
#Creativity
Don't undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible.
Edwin Land,
American
Inventor
#Project
If you dream of something worth doing and then simply go to work on it and don't think anything of personalities, or emotional conflicts, or of money, or of family distractions; it is amazing how quickly you get through those 5,000 steps.
Edwin Land,
American
Inventor
#Work
#Family
#Money
#Worth
#Dream
Marketing is what you do when your product is no good.
Edwin Land,
American
Inventor
#Marketing
Politeness is the poison of collaboration.
Edwin Land,
American
Inventor
#Poison
#Collaboration
#Politeness
Science is a method to keep yourself from kidding yourself.
Edwin Land,
American
Inventor
#Science
The most important thing about power is to make sure you don't have to use it.
Edwin Land,
American
Inventor
#Power
Every creative act is a sudden cessation of stupidity.
Edwin Land,
American
Inventor
#Stupidity
#Act