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I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.
Work
Thomas A. Edison

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The arts and inventions of each period are only its costume, and do not invigorate men.
Arts and Artists
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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All one's inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact a science as geometry.
Poetry and Poets
Gustave Flaubert

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Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.
Invention and Inventor
Ursula K. Le Guin

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Of all the inventions of man I doubt whether any was more easily accomplished than that of a Heaven.
Heaven
Georg C. Lichtenberg

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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity -- gunpowder and romantic love.
Invention and Inventor
Andre Maurois

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun