Edwin Land Quotes

"An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail."
- Edwin Land
(Related: Creativity, Being)

"Any problem can be solved using the materials in the room."
- Edwin Land

"Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity."
- Edwin Land
(Related: Creativity, Stupidity)

"Don't undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible."
- Edwin Land
(Related: Project)

"If you dream of something worth doing and then simply go to work on it and don't 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."
- Edwin Land
(Related: Family, Work, Money, Dream, Worth)

"Marketing is what you do when your product is no good."
- Edwin Land
(Related: Marketing)

"Politeness is the poison of collaboration."
- Edwin Land
(Related: Collaboration, Poison, Politeness)

"Science is a method to keep yourself from kidding yourself."
- Edwin Land
(Related: Science)

"The most important thing about power is to make sure you don't have to use it."
- Edwin Land
(Related: Power)

"Every creative act is a sudden cessation of stupidity."
- Edwin Land
(Related: Act, Stupidity)