"The poet doesn't invent. He listens." — Jean Cocteau

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• Science is a tool, and we invent tools to do things we want. It's a question of how those tools… — Margaret Atwood
• Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new… — Francis Bacon
• It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because… — David Bailey
• People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing… — Warren G. Bennis
• I think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do. One of the only ways to get out of a… — Jeff Bezos
• I don't think that you can invent on behalf of customers unless you're willing to think long-term, because a lot… — Jeff Bezos
• A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. — William Blake
• I always joke and say I want to invent a comfortable stiletto and then retire. — Sara Blakely
• Looking up and out, how can we not respect this ever-vigilant cognizance that distinguishes us: the capability to envision, to… — Vanna Bonta
• I don't think we have very good records about what they were thinking except, as I pointed out earlier today,… — David R. Brower
• I hope they invent a machine in which you type in the age you want to be, and it lifts… — Sandra Bullock
• People who've had very unhappy childhoods are pretty good at inventing themselves. If nobody invents you for yourself, nothing is… — John le Carre

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