Nikola Tesla Quotes

Men of genius sometimes accomplish most when they work the least, for they are thinking out inventions and forming in their minds the perfect idea that they subsequently express with their hands.

I consider myself an inventor first and an entrepreneur second. In real life, my hero is Thomas Edison. He was a great inventor, but also an outstanding entrepreneur who was able to sell his inventions to the masses. He didn't just develop the light bulb; he invented the entire electric grid and power distribution system.

Juggling many projects and having all these accidental collisions that you can't predict enables a kind of comparative thinking. To focus on a single project from beginning to end is extremely difficult, not just for me, but for many people.

In some cases, inventions prohibit innovation because we're so caught up in playing with the technology, we forget about the fact that it was supposed to be important.

Pretty much all of my inventions come about the same way. I have an everyday problem or something that I'm too lazy to do, so I make a machine that does it for me.

I get bored after I invent something because I hate talking about it every time.

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

This work is the result of a meeting of minds from two of the most successful men in their respective fields.

When you have more than two people working together, it gets a bit unfocused as an idea.

The nice thing about animation is that you can realise your inventions without understanding all the hard theory.

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

Boredom always precedes a period of great creativity.

I spend my money on my props and my creations. I'm an inventor.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

People have laughed at all great inventors and discoverers.

The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented the other three, he was a genius.

My training and my inclination is to invent.

I'm wary of the word 'inventing,' because in the British psyche the word 'inventor' is immediately linked with 'mad'. For me, inventing is problem-solving.

To me, innovations are the wheel, fire, language, movable type. There are not 3 million innovations; there are 3 million inventions.

I think the older I get the more creative I get, I don't have the distractions that I had when I was younger.

If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.

The difference between being able to understand something and inventing it in the first place... is called genius.

Most people have their best ideas when they take their minds away from problems they're trying to solve.

Americans understand that one of our great national strengths is innovation. Great innovators - Benjamin Franklin, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and others - are household names.

Being around some of the bright lights of the technology world and having them expect great things helps you sit down and do it seriously.