What really makes it an invention is that someone decides not to change the solution to a known problem, but to change the question.
Dean KamenI think our society is no longer properly valuing the intangible potential of innovation, even if we have to be a little uncomfortable with the risks associated with it, and a little bit willing to fail, pick ourselves up and dust ourselves off and try again. We don’t seem to want to do that as much as we used too.
Dean KamenI do not want to waste any time. And if you are not working on important things, you are wasting time.
Dean Kamen