Quotes about Innovation

Student: Dr. Einstein, Aren't these the same questions as last year's [physics] final exam? Dr. Einstein: Yes; But this year the answers are different.

If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.

The Revolution introduced me to art, and in turn, art introduced me to the Revolution!

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.

It occurred to me by intuition, and music was the driving force behind that intuition. My discovery was the result of musical perception.

Creating a new theory is not like destroying an old barn and erecting a skyscraper in its place. It is rather like climbing a mountain, gaining new and wider views, discovering unexpected connections between our starting points and its rich environment. But the point from which we started out still exists and can be seen, although it appears smaller and forms a tiny part of our broad view gained by the mastery of the obstacles on our adventurous way up.

I know quite certainly that I myself have no special talent; curiosity, obsession and dogged endurance, combined with self-criticism, have brought me to my ideas.

The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

It is important to foster individuality, for only the individual can produce the new ideas.

It is our American habit if we find the foundations of our educational structure unsatisfactory to add another story or wing.