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.

Do not do anything that anyone else can do readily.

A significant inventionmust be startling, unexpected. It must come to a world that is not prepared for it.

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.

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.

Industry is best at the intersection of science and art.