Inventor Quotes

Discover insights from the minds who turn ideas into reality, with quotes that illuminate curiosity, persistence, and the art of problem-solving. These reflections from inventors across eras capture the spark of experimentation, the patience behind breakthroughs, and the courage to try again after failure. Whether you seek motivation for a project, perspective on innovation, or a moment of wonder, explore words that celebrate human ingenuity and the practical creativity that shapes everyday life.

"People think of the inventor as a screwball, but no one ever asks the inventor what he thinks of other people"

Charles F. Kettering, Inventor

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"Greed is the inventor of injustice as well as the current enforcer"

Julian Casablancas, Musician

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"One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing"

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher

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"Never let an inventor run a company. You can never get him to stop tinkering and bring something to market"

E. F. Schumacher, Economist

"Man is the inventor of stupidity"

Remy de Gourmont, Novelist

"Newton, of course, was the inventor of differential calculus so his place in the tale is quite special"

Kit Williams, Author

"An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn't take his education too seriously"

Charles F. Kettering, Inventor

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"An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he's in. He treats his failures simply as practice shots"

Charles F. Kettering, Inventor

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"Japan's very interesting. Some people think it copies things. I don't think that anymore. I think what they do is reinvent things. They will get something that's already been invented and study it until they thoroughly understand it. In some cases, they understand it better than the original inventor"

Steve Jobs, Businessman

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"A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist"

R. Buckminster Fuller, Inventor

"I am an inventor of music"

Igor Stravinsky, Composer

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"If it weren't for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we'd still be eating frozen radio dinners"

Johnny Carson, Comedian

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"I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success... such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything"

Nikola Tesla, Inventor

"I've been an amature inventor for a long time"

Billy Sheehan, Musician

"That has always seemed to me one of the stranger aspects of literary fame: you prove your competence as a writer and an inventor of stories, and then people clamour for you to make speeches and tell them what you think about the world"

J. M. Coetzee, Author

"People talk of me as being the inventor of the legal thriller"

Scott Turow, Novelist

"I maintain that many an inventor, many a diplomat, many a financier is a sounder philosopher than all those who practice the dull craft of experimental psychology"

Oswald Spengler, Philosopher

"I wanted to be an inventor, whatever I thought that meant then. I guess I was thinking of Edison or maybe James Watt. Or maybe even Newton"

David Antin, Poet

"In other words, what is supposedly found is an invention whose inventor is unaware of his act of invention, who considers it as something that exists independently of him; the invention then becomes the basis of his world view and actions"

Paul Watzlawick, Psychologist

"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"

Ray Kurzweil, Inventor

"I consider myself an inventor, entrepreneur, and author"

Ray Kurzweil, Inventor

"As the inventor of the Immortality Device, I basically just tell people what I honestly think"

Alex Chiu, Businessman

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

Tom Scholz, Musician

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