Werner Heisenberg Quotes

What the history of aviation has brought in the 20th century should inspire us to be inventors and explorers ourselves in the new century.

What really excites me in a project is when it goes in a way you haven't been before.

Technology is a gift of God. After the gift of life it is perhaps the greatest of God's gifts. It is the mother of civilizations, of arts and of sciences.

That's the nice thing about doing research. Whatever you do is novel, so you always have this sense of novelty, even if you are only using a new gadget.

Invention breeds invention.

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.

For one person who is blessed with the power of invention, many will always be found who have the capacity of applying principles.

If innovations were predictable, they wouldn't be discoveries.

I like creating new things.

I like to create new things.

Every time you think all the technology that had been created already, all you have to do is look around and then there's someone new who's born with a new idea.

As Arkwright and Whitney were the demi-gods of cotton, so prolific Time will yet bring an inventor to every plant. There is not a property in nature but a mind is born to seek and find it.

Successful technologies often begin as hobbies. Jacques Cousteau invented scuba diving because he enjoyed exploring caves. The Wright brothers invented flying as a relief from the monotony of their normal business of selling and repairing bicycles.

Coming up with something new and original is so exciting.

What gets me excited is the original principle.

I think there's always room for more innovation and new things.

I believe that science is the engine of prosperity, that if you look around at the wealth of civilization today, it's the wealth that comes from science.

All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.

Predictability is boring! I want a book to take me someplace I haven't been before, show me sights I haven't seen, make me ponder questions I may not have pondered before.

What I like on Kickstarter is when I see real innovation and I see people building something new. It makes me sad when I see things that are just the same technology; you aren't passing the technology forward.

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

Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.

People have laughed at all great inventors and discoverers.

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.

I think we're giving people something new that people didn't know was out there before.