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Invention Quotes

Words on imagination, ingenuity, and building something new.

This page brings together invention quotes that celebrate imagination, from playful literary flourishes to serious reflections on rewarding the people behind new ideas. It's a good match for readers interested in Architecture and other creative fields.

I believe that life-saving, essential drugs should be freely available and the innovator should be paid a suitable royalty payment for his invention.

Quotes by Yusuf Hamied

O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.

William Shakespeare

Invention flags, his brain goes muddy, and black despair succeeds brown study.

Quotes by William Congreve

Our ability to create has outreached our ability to use wisely the products of our invention.

Quotes by Whitney M. Young

Also Quotes

Science fiction readers probably have the gene for novelty, and seem to enjoy a cascade of invention as much as a writer enjoys providing one.

Quotes by Walter Jon Williams

Since the invention of steamships distant countries have become like those that are near at hand.

Quotes by Townsend Harris

I love dark chocolate. I'm also a peanut butter and chocolate fanatic. That's pretty much the greatest invention of the last century.

Quotes by Tom Lenk

Invention is the mother of necessity.

Quotes by Thorstein Veblen

I have a strong sense that every project is an invention, which is not a word I hear being used in architecture courses.

Quotes by Thomas Heatherwick

Applying Quotes

The U.K. has been very progressive about on-demand, and the iPlayer has been a great invention. It has trained a generation of viewers to expect on-demand - unfortunately, it trains them to expect free!

Quotes by Ted Sarandos

The invention of the iPod changes how you use music. Suddenly you have music everywhere.

Quotes by Spike Jonze

I have no doubt that my origin and ethnicity have strongly influenced controversy over my invention of email.

Quotes by Shiva Ayyadurai

All perceiving is also thinking, all reasoning is also intuition, all observation is also invention.

Quotes by Rudolf Arnheim

Getting caught is the mother of invention.

Quotes by Robert Byrne

Architecture Quotes

I'm an inventor. I became interested in long-term trends because an invention has to make sense in the world in which it is finished, not the world in which it is started.

Quotes by Ray Kurzweil

Was there ever a better invention in the cookie world than the Oreo?

Quotes by Rachel Hollis

Necessity... the mother of invention.

Plato

There is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being the first author of that thought.

Quotes by Pierre Bayle

There is no less invention in aptly applying a thought found in a book, than in being the first author of the thought.

Quotes by Pierre Bayle

Become Quotes

Graphic design, which evokes the symmetria of Vituvius, the dynamic symmetry of Hambidge, the asymmetry of Mondrian; which is a good gestalt, generated by intuition or by computer, by invention or by a system of coordinates, is not good design...

Quotes by Paul Rand

Frequently Asked Questions

What themes come up in these invention quotes?
They cover imaginative sparks, the discipline of turning an idea into something real, and questions about fairly rewarding the people who create new things.
Do these quotes only apply to scientific inventions?
No, several draw on literature and storytelling, treating invention as a creative act that applies to writing and art just as much as to gadgets or medicine.
Is there anything here about the business side of invention?
Yes, one line touches on the idea that inventors deserve fair payment for their work, especially when it comes to essential products like medicine.
What does 'invention flags' mean in one of the quotes?
It describes the frustrating moment when creative energy runs out and ideas stop coming easily, a feeling most creative people recognize at some point.
What other pages are related to invention quotes?
Check out Architecture quotes for a related creative field, or Become quotes for more on personal growth and transformation.

Not every burst of invention lasts; some quotes here also touch on creative blocks and fading inspiration. Explore Become quotes for more on growth and transformation, or browse Also quotes for shorter reflective lines.