Edmund Clarence Stedman Quotes

What makes our world so fascinating is that continuously there are novel and creative ideas spurring people to leave old ways and try something new.

Because we imagine, we can have invention and technology. It's actually play, not necessity, that is the mother of invention.

I think we always move from imitation to assimilation to innovation, but I can't name you 20 people outside those we've already recognized who ever got to point three: innovation.

The world around us is in a sea change, and I think the glory of art is that it cannot only survive change, it can lead it

The fun is in always building something. After it's built, you play with it awhile and then you're through. You see, we never do the same thing twice around here. We're always opening up new doors.

Comfort is the enemy of creativity.

Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation.

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.

Like art, revolutions come from combining what exists into what has never existed before.

I like change, like anybody. You don't want to keep doing the same thing because then it gets harder to take chances, be creative, and feel inspired when you're doing the same thing.

What is now proved was once only imagined.

Art, freedom and creativity will change society faster than politics.

The spirit of adventure to embrace the new and the incredible belief in the power of invention attracted me to the Russian avant-garde.

Sometimes people invent things because they want to stay alive or feed their children or conquer the village next door. But just as often, new ideas come into the world simply because they're fun. And here's the really strange thing: many of those playful but seemingly frivolous inventions ended up sparking momentous transformations in science, in politics and society.

Creativity is our North Star. This way of working and this speed, this new opening and innovation, putting everything in discussion must remain at the base of what we do.

I like new products, I like when YouTube changes, I like when people have big ideas and try things out.

The game's evolving quickly, man, and somebody's gotta be trying some new stuff.

Life is about trying things to see if they work.

The so-called ‘crank’ may be quite original in his ideas. … Invention, however, in the engineering sense involves originality; but not that alone, if the results are to be of value. There is imagination more or less fertile, but with it a knowledge of what has been done before, carried perhaps by the memory, together with a sense of the present or prospective needs in art or industry. Necessity is not always the mother of invention. It may be prevision.

In the end, we're just showmen. But, I think that it's an important factor. Not to be anything else but clear about that - for me, creativity is an important part of our evolution. Art has probably done more good for the world than war. But they're equally powerful. They both create revolutions.

Invention is the mother of necessities.

New information makes new and fresh ideas possible.

Every great inspiration is but an experiment - though every experiment we know, is not a great inspiration.

Grounding airplanes to cover your butt would never have let Orville or Wilbur change the world. We would still be spending weeks to cross the Atlantic to do business in London.

An interest in ideas is a sign of human life. People are fascinated by what the future is going to be - and the future is going to be an accumulation of ideas.