A Mistake Is An Event, The Full

Over The Years, I Have Learned That Every Significant Invention Has Several Characteristics. By Definition It Must Be Startling, Unexpected, And Must Come Into A World That Is Not Prepared For It. If The World Were Prepared For It, It Would Not Be Much Of An Invention.

There's A Rule They Don't Teach You At The Harvard Business School. It Is, If Anything Is Worth Doing, It's Worth Doing To Excess.

My Motto Is Very Personal And May Not Fit Anyone Else Or Any Other Company. It Is: Don't Do Anything That Someone Else Can Do. Don't Undertake A Project Unless It Is Manifestly Important And Nearly Impossible.

[the Polaroid Camera Is] A System That Will Be A Partner In Perception, Enabling Us To See The Objects In The World Around Us More Vividly Than We Can See Them Without It, A System To Be An Aid To Memory And A Tool For Exploration.

It Is A Curious Property Of Research Activity That After The Problem Has Been Solved The Solution Seems Obvious.