Honore de Balzac Quotes

Necessity is the spur of genius.

Mothers are the necessity of invention.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Hope, even more than necessity, is the mother of invention.

How true is that necessity is the mother of invention, how very true.

Necessity, mother of invention.

Out of necessity comes genius.

Necessity, who is the mother of our invention.

Necessity, n. The mother of invention. Profit is the father.

Necessity, the mother of invention

…to the inspiration of necessity, we owe half the wise, beautiful, and useful blessings of the world.

The genius is making a way out of no way.

Nothing primes inspiration more than necessity.

Necessity, oftener than facility, has been the mother of invention; and the most prolific school of all has been the school of difficulty.

Hunger is the teacher of the arts and the bestower of invention. -Magister artis ingenique largitor Venter

Genius is what a man invents when he is looking for a way out.

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

From stoplights to skyscrapers, turn anywhere in civilization and you will see imagination at work. It's in our inventions, advances and remedies and how a single parent masterminds each day. Imagination is boundless, surrounds us and resides in us all.

What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.

Creative thinking inspires ideas. Ideas inspire change.

For one person who is blessed with the power of invention, many will always be found who have the capacity of applying principles.

Our most valuable resources - creativity, communication, invention, and reinvention - are, in fact, unlimited.

Desperation sometimes drives innovation.

Invention, my dear friends, is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple