Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity.

The world is like a fertile field that's waiting to be harvested. The seeds have been planted, and what I do is go out and help plant more seeds and harvest them.

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.

Science is a method to keep yourself from kidding yourself.

A mistake is an event, the full benefit of which has not yet been turned to your advantage.

An invention that is quickly accepted will turn out to be a rather trivial alteration of something that has already existed.

Anything worth doing is worth doing to excess.