Quotes about Innovation

Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it.

But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation. That is why I have chosen my own particular profession,--or rather created it, for I am the only one in the world.

Where there is no imagination there is no horror.

I am reminded of how difficult and time-consuming it is to reinvent the pencil every time you want to send a message.

Live out of your imagination, not your history.

The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them - Einstein

Scientists tend to risk theories they admire

I told him never to be afraid to come up with an idea or a hypothesis no matter how daft (his words not mine) it might seem.

One way or another, I regard it as almost inevitable that either a nuclear confrontation or environmental catastrophe will cripple the Earth at some point in the next 1,000 years which, as geological time goes, is the mere blink of an eye. By then I hope and believe that our ingenious race will have found a way to slip the surly bonds of Earth and will therefore survive the disaster.

I was lucky to lose my voice at the beginning of the personal computing age.

Opening up the thrill and wonder of scientific discovery, creating innovative and accessible ways to reach out to the widest young audience possible, greatly increases the chances of finding and inspiring the new Einstein. Wherever she might be.

Prof Stephen Hawking, one of Britain's pre-eminent scientists, has said that efforts to create thinking machines pose a threat to our very existence. He told the BBC:The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.