"A tool is but the extension of a man's hand, and a machine is but a complex tool. And he that invents a machine augme…"

"INVENTOR, n. A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization."

"Originality is going back to the origin and finding an empty chair. Would you gladly sit on it? No thank you. It is e…"

"Se non è vero è ben trovato."

"Want, the mistress of invention."

"I don't think necessity is the mother of invention — invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibl…"

"The invention of inventing, it turns out, produces yet more inventions."

"Invention is both the institution of problem solving and advancing human obsolescence. We were naturally selected to …"

"All recognized famous inventors had capable predecessors and successors and made their improvements at a time when so…"

"The inventor...looks upon the world and is not contented with things as they are. He wants to improve whatever he see…"