Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

I would consider myself an inventor at heart, or reinventor.

Creativity runs across many categories in life, from the arts-and-crafts project a mum or dad does with their kids, to the bestselling author's manuscript, to the designs of the hairdresser, to the creations of the computer programming genius.

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

Invention presupposes imagination but should not be confused with it.

Imagination plus innovation equals realization.

I think in order to keep America great, we have to keep America creative.

Use creativity and storytelling as your main muscle instead of smartness.

Invention is activity of mind, as fire is air in motion; a sharpening of the spiritual sight, to discern hidden aptitudes.

In my basic courses I have always tried to develop discovery and invention which, in my opinion, are the criteria of creativeness.

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

Success shuns the man who lacks ideas.

Imagination is a very precise thing, you know - it is not fantasy; the man who invented the wheel while he was observing another man walking - that is imagination!

I love working with technology because it allows me to follow my imagination and to invent new things.

Creativity, not money, is used to solve problems.

Imagination is ... the foundation of all invention and innovation.

To be creative, a person has to internalize the entire system that makes creativity possible. Creative individuals are remarkable for their ability to adapt to almost any situation and to make do with whatever is at hand to reach their goals.

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

Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality, overcomes everything.

No man ever made a great discovery without the exercise of the imagination.

Creativity is the process of bringing something new into being.

Invention is almost the only literary labour which blindness cannot obstruct.

Creativity and business acumen don't always go hand in hand.

Creativity is putting your imagination to work, and it's produced the most extraordinary results in human culture.

Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity.

To me, very much of what is artistic is people's very creative and inventive ways out of impossible situations.