Grant Imahara Quotes

Archimedes was my ideal. I admired the works of artists, but to my mind, they were only shadows and semblances. The inventor, I thought, gives to the world creations which are palpable, which live and work.

If I look into my past, I was definitely into inventors. I was into stories of Edison and Tesla and da Vinci and all these guys making stuff in their garage.

Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization.

I've always been amazed by Da Vinci, because he worked out science on his own. He would work by drawing things and writing down his ideas. Of course, he designed all sorts of flying machines way before you could actually build something like that.

I think 'MythBusters' is a step up from special effects because we not only have to make things look like they work, they actually do have to work. It's more challenging and even transcendental.

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

Industry is best at the intersection of science and art.

I decided to be an inventor when I was five. My parents had given me a few various enrichment toys like erector sets, and for some reason I had the idea that if I put things together just the right way, I could create the intended effect.

Technology, like art, is a soaring exercise of the human imagination.

I was a fixer, a builder - an inventor - ever since I can remember.

Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power to that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared.

Another hero was Tom Swift, in the books. What he stood for, the freedom, the scientific knowledge and being and engineer gave him the ability to invent solutions to problems. He's always been a hero to me. I buy old Tom Swift books now and read them to my own children.

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.

Invention breeds invention.

I am not really an inventor. I just steal my ideas from 8-year olds.

Genius, particularly creative genius, is less about raw intelligence and more about elevated vision.

Not all SF or fantasy has to inspire new scientists and engineers.

Simply, the majority of the most interesting filmmakers are the ones confronted with difficult situations. Their creativity blows a hole in the wall and lets in the light.

It is the original idea that is unique, not the object itself.

I have a very creative mind, and I'm always looking for new stuff and new things.

Some people have just got a capacity for creativity that's unbelievable!

I invented every shot that has ever been played.

My parents encouraged me to be creative by being creative and interesting people themselves, and by making it clear how highly they valued creativity in others.

I always imagine, and try to be on the lookout, for new things, for references that can inspire me creatively so I can showcase things that people haven't done before or that are new.

Everyone is super creative in the family.