Quotes: Invention
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In our day the conventional element in literature is elaborately disguised by a law of copyright pretending that every work of art is an invention distinctive enough to be patented.
Canadian literary critic and literary theorist
But I’m an adventurer. I like invention, I like discovery.
German composer
Painting is not for me either decorative amusement, or the plastic invention of felt reality; it must be every time: invention, discovery, revelation.
German artist (1891-1976)
This play is truly a great invention, and we’re having a great time doing it eight times a week.
It’s a non-stop invention, this game of life, and as soon as you think you’ve got it, you lose it.
New Zealand singer and musician, and member of Split Enz and Crowded House
In an approximate way, the logic of commons has been understood for a long time, perhaps since the discovery of agriculture or the invention of private property in real estate.
American ecologist (1915-2003)
Some people really want to play Mozart and be just performers. I was more interested in invention.
American musician
A guilty conscience is the mother of invention.
1862-1942; humorist, poet, writer of children's works and mystery stories
Women’s virtue is man’s greatest invention.
American actress and author
The march of invention has clothed mankind with powers of which a century ago the boldest imagination could not have dreamt.
American political economist and journalist (1839-1897)