Quotes about Ingenuity

Whenever there is hard work to be done, I assign it to the laziest man as he is sure to find an easy way of doing it. Be lazy, think crazy.

Genius is the capacity of avoiding hard work.

The Macedonians gave in the context of their lack of resources.

ingenuity was apparently given man in order that he may supply himself in crises with shapes and sounds with which to guard himself from truth.

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.

Any work is creative work if done by a thinking mind.

If life gives you lemons, make some kind of fruity juice.

If life hands you a lemon, don't complain, but instead make lemonade to sell those who are thirsty from complaining.

My grandfather was an exception among Chileans because no man from the middle class up knows how to decipher a manual, nor does he dirty his hands with motor oil—that's what maestros are for; they can improvise ingenious solutions with the most modest resources and a minimum of fuss.

There's more than one way to skin a cat, my father used to say; it bothered me, I didn't see why they would want to skin a cat even one way.

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.