Quotes by Edwin Land

“Dont undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible”

“Science is a method to keep yourself from kidding yourself”

“Politeness is the poison of collaboration”

“The most important thing about power is to make sure you dont have to use it.”

“Its not that we need new ideas, but we need to stop having old ideas.”

“If you dream of something worth doing and then simply go to work on it and dont think anything of personalities, or emotional conflicts, or of money, or of family distractions; ... it is amazing how quickly you get through those 5,000 steps.”

“Any problem can be solved using the materials in the room.”

“Every creative act is a sudden cessation of stupidity.”

If you dream of something worth doing and then simply go to work on it and dont think anything of personalities, or emotional conflicts, or of money, or of family distractions; it is amazing how quickly you get through those 5,000 steps.

The most important thing about power is to make sure you dont have to use it.