R. Buckminster Fuller
- “When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty but when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.”
Albert Einstein
- “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.”
Steve Jobs
- “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”
“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”
“My favorite things in life don’t cost any money. It’s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.”
“Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it’s really how it works.”
Thomas A. Edison
- “There’s a way to do it better – find it.”
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.”
“There is no substitute for hard work.”
“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
“To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.”
“The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.”
“Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.”
Blaise Pascal
- “Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.
Imagination decides everything.”
“I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter.”
“There are two kinds of people one can call reasonable: those who serve God with all their heart because they know him, and those who seek him with all their heart because they do not know him.”
“Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded as just without examination, since they are established.”
Isaac Newton
- “Genius is patience.
“Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.”
“I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.”
Nikola Tesla
- “I do not think you can name many great inventions that have been made by married men.”
“The harness of waterfalls is the most economical method known for drawing energy from the sun.”
Michelangelo
- “The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.”
“Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.”
“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.”
“Carving is easy, you just go down to the skin and stop.”
“There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.”
“I am still learning.”
“Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.”