Innovation Quote by Henri Poincare Download Open image “To invent is to discern, to choose.” — Henri Poincare ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Innovation
...to invent is to discover that we know not, and not to recover or resummon that which we already know — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“Henri Poincaré, a celebrated French mathematician and philosopher of science, said, “Invention consists in avoiding the constructing of useless combinations and in constructing the useful combinations which are in infinite minority. To invent is to discern, to choose.” I’d like to invert the second sentence and propose a corollary: To choose is to invent. What I mean by this is… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share
When you invent something, you're drawing on reservoirs of knowledge that you already have. It's only when you're faithful to the truth that something… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
To invent something, all you need is imagination and a big pile of junk. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Inventing is a skill that some people have and some people don't. But you can learn how to invent. — Ray Dolby Copy Share Image
To produce is to draw forth, to invent is to find, to shape is to discover... — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
The mathematical facts worthy of being studied are those which, by their analogy with other facts, are capable of leading us to the knowledge… — Henri Poincare Copy Share Image
. . . by natural selection our mind has adapted itself to the conditions of the external world. It has adopted the geometry most… — Henri Poincare Copy Share Image
If we knew exactly the laws of nature and the situation of the universe at the initial moment, we could predict exactly the situation… — Henri Poincare Copy Share Image
Absolute space, that is to say, the mark to which it would be necessary to refer the earth to know whether it really moves,… — Henri Poincare Copy Share Image
Absolute space, that is to say, the mark to which it would be necessary to refer the earth to know whether it really moves,… — Henri Poincare Copy Share Image
A cat is witty, he has nerve, he knows how to do precisely the right thing at the right moment. — Henri Poincare Copy Share Image
In the old days when people invented a new function they had something useful in mind. — Henri Poincare Copy Share Image
Mathematics has a threefold purpose. It must provide an instrument for the study of nature. But this is not all: it has a philosophical… — Henri Poincare Copy Share Image
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then [these?],… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“In the innovation age customer experience is key. Your impression defines their expression” — Fela Durotoye Copy Share Image
I have tremendous admiration for companies with the kind of pioneering spirit and innovation eBay has demonstrated from day one. — Bonnie Hammer Copy Share Image
Real breakthroughs are not found because you want to develop some new technology, but because you are curious and want to find out how… — Anton Zeilinger Copy Share Image
Why is it that, when we want to think outside the proverbial box, we often put ourselves in one? We gather our team in… — Charles Best Copy Share Image
We have to be innovative, we have to be fresh, we have to be new. People are counting on that. — Sarah Barthel Copy Share Image
All of the barriers to innovation in the energy sector are arguments for a big commitment to public investment. Only the public sector can… — Ted Nordhaus Copy Share Image
I'd take garbage, and I'd glue them together and create inventions. — Ann Makosinski Copy Share Image
“Some innovations just don’t attract enough economic or social demand: just as supersonic flight and manned space flight stagnated after the 1970s, today (in… — Martin J. Rees Copy Share Image