--- title: "4 Chester Carlson Quotes - Famous Physicist" description: "Chester Floyd Carlson was an American physicist, inventor, and patent attorney born in Seattle, Washington. Browse 4 Chester Carlson quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b159/author-chester-carlson-73358.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Chester Carlson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b159/author-chester-carlson-73358.jpg) # Chester Carlson (1906–1968) Physicist **4** quotes in **58** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Chester Carlson was a physicist. ## Quick Facts About Chester Carlson Born February 8, 1906 Died September 19, 1968 Profession Physicist ## About Chester Carlson Chester Floyd Carlson was an American physicist, inventor, and patent attorney born in Seattle, Washington. ## Quotes by Chester Carlson > [Work outside of school hours was a necessity at an early age, and with such time as I had I turned toward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chester-carlson/work-outside-of-school-hours-was-a-necessity-at-an-early-age-and-with/) Chester Carlson [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6e/chester-carlson-73358_accomplish_work-outside-of-school-hours-was-a-neces_147163.png) > [The need for a quick, satisfactory copying machine that could be used right in the office seemed very apparent to me-there seemed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chester-carlson/the-need-for-a-quick-satisfactory-copying-machine-that-could-be-used/) Chester Carlson [Computers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/computers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38f/chester-carlson-73358_computers_the-need-for-a-quick-satisfactory-copyin_1297331.jpg) > [What Bell is to the telephone—or, more aptly, what Eastman is to photography—Haloid could be to xerography.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chester-carlson/what-bell-is-to-the-telephone-or-more-aptly-what-eastman-is-to/) Chester Carlson [Bells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bells/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44f/chester-carlson-73358_bells_what-bell-is-to-the-telephone-or-more-ap_1463112.png) > [You are successful the moment you start moving toward a worthwhile goal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chester-carlson/you-are-successful-the-moment-you-start-moving-toward-a-worthwhile/) Chester Carlson [Determination and success](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/determination-and-success/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f05/chester-carlson-73358_determination-and-su_you-are-successful-the-moment-you-start_2733343.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chester-carlson/#itemlist", "name": "Chester Carlson Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Work outside of school hours was a necessity at an early age, and with such time as I had I turned toward interests of my own devising, making things, experimenting, and planning for the future. 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