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Edwin Land Quotes

It's not that we need new ideas, but we need to stop having old ideas Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The future may require not so much having a new idea as stopping having an old idea Picture Quote #1

This is the most exciting part of being human. It is using our brains in the highest way. Otherwise we are just healthy animals Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I say that our system of tests and grades, as it now exists, is one source of the low yield of great men from our universities. The marking system is a traumatic experience from which most students emerge with a deep determination never to get into a situation where they can be marked again. They just won’t ever again take a chance Picture Quote #1

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If you sense a deep human need, then you go back to all the basic science. If there is some missing, then you try to do more basic science and applied science until you get it. So you make the system to fulfill that need, rather than starting the other way around, where you have something and wonder what to do with it Picture Quote #1

The world belongs to the articulate Picture Quote #1

There is no such thing as group originality, group creativity or group perspicacity Picture Quote #1

Profundity and originality are attributes of single, if not singular, minds Picture Quote #1

I don’t mind conducting the orchestra if I can play the violin Picture Quote #1

Do not do anything that anyone else can do readily Picture Quote #1

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You must expect failure after failure after failure before you succeed Picture Quote #1

Colour is always a consequence, never a cause Picture Quote #1

Industry is best at the intersection of science and art Picture Quote #1

The second great product of industry should be the rewarding life for every person Picture Quote #1

Don’t do anything that someone else can do Picture Quote #1

An invention that is quickly accepted will turn out to be a rather trivial alteration of something that has already existed Picture Quote #1

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An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail Picture Quote #1

Any problem can be solved using the materials in the room Picture Quote #1

Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity Picture Quote #1

Don’t undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible Picture Quote #1

Marketing is what you do when your product is no good Picture Quote #1

Science is a method to keep yourself from kidding yourself Picture Quote #1

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One of the best ways to keep a great secret is to shout it Picture Quote #1

In a few wretched buildings, we created a whole new industry with international significance Picture Quote #1

The bottom line is in heaven! Picture Quote #1

Anything worth doing is worth doing to excess Picture Quote #1

We can be dramatic, even theatrical; we can be persuasive; but the message we are telling must be true Picture Quote #1

As I visualize it, the business of the future will be a scientific, social and economic unit. It will be vigorously creative in pure science where its contributions will compare with those of the universities Picture Quote #1

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It's not that we need new ideas, but we need to stop having old ideas (Edwin Land Quotes) 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 Quotes) The future may require not so much having a new idea as stopping having an old idea (Edwin Land Quotes) This is the most exciting part of being human. It is using our brains in the highest way. Otherwise we are just healthy animals (Edwin Land Quotes) 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 (Edwin Land Quotes) I say that our system of tests and grades, as it now exists, is one source of the low yield of great men from our universities. The marking system is a traumatic experience from which most students emerge with a deep determination never to get into a situation where they can be marked again. They just won’t ever again take a chance (Edwin Land Quotes) If you sense a deep human need, then you go back to all the basic science. If there is some missing, then you try to do more basic science and applied science until you get it. So you make the system to fulfill that need, rather than starting the other way around, where you have something and wonder what to do with it (Edwin Land Quotes) The world belongs to the articulate (Edwin Land Quotes) There is no such thing as group originality, group creativity or group perspicacity (Edwin Land Quotes) Profundity and originality are attributes of single, if not singular, minds (Edwin Land Quotes) I don’t mind conducting the orchestra if I can play the violin (Edwin Land Quotes) Do not do anything that anyone else can do readily (Edwin Land Quotes) You must expect failure after failure after failure before you succeed (Edwin Land Quotes) Colour is always a consequence, never a cause (Edwin Land Quotes) Industry is best at the intersection of science and art (Edwin Land Quotes) The second great product of industry should be the rewarding life for every person (Edwin Land Quotes) Don’t do anything that someone else can do (Edwin Land Quotes) An invention that is quickly accepted will turn out to be a rather trivial alteration of something that has already existed (Edwin Land Quotes) An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail (Edwin Land Quotes) Any problem can be solved using the materials in the room (Edwin Land Quotes) Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity (Edwin Land Quotes) Don’t undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible (Edwin Land Quotes) Marketing is what you do when your product is no good (Edwin Land Quotes) Science is a method to keep yourself from kidding yourself (Edwin Land Quotes) One of the best ways to keep a great secret is to shout it (Edwin Land Quotes) In a few wretched buildings, we created a whole new industry with international significance (Edwin Land Quotes) The bottom line is in heaven! (Edwin Land Quotes) Anything worth doing is worth doing to excess (Edwin Land Quotes) We can be dramatic, even theatrical; we can be persuasive; but the message we are telling must be true (Edwin Land Quotes) As I visualize it, the business of the future will be a scientific, social and economic unit. It will be vigorously creative in pure science where its contributions will compare with those of the universities (Edwin Land Quotes)

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