The Test Of An Invention Is The

Aladdin In His Most Intoxicated Moments Would Never Have Dreamed Of Asking His [djinn] For [a Polaroid] ... It's Utterly New In Concept And Appearance, Utilizing An Utterly Revolutionary Flash System, An Utterly Revolutionary Viewing System, Utterly Revolutionary Electronics, And Utterly Revolutionary Film Structure.

A Mistake Is A Future Benefit, The Full Value Of Which Is Yet To Be Realized.

[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.

Don't Do Anything That Someone Else Can Do.

Don't Undertake A Project Unless It Is Manifestly Important And Nearly Impossible.