It is a curious property of research activity that after the problem has been solved the solution seems obvious. This is true not only for those who have not previously been acquainted with the problem, but also for those who have worked over it for years.

Do not do anything that anyone else can do readily.

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.

There is no such thing as group originality, group creativity or group perspicacity.

If you are able to state a problem - any problem - and if it is important enough, then the problem can be solved.

We took on things which people might think would take a year or two. They weren't particularly hard. What was hard was believing they weren't hard.

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.