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

A premature attempt to explain something that thrills you will destroy your perceptivity rather than increase it, because your tendency will be to explain away rather than seek out.

The second great product of industry should be the rewarding life for every person

Work only on problems that are manifestly important and seem to be nearly impossible to solve. That way you will have a natural market for your product and no competition.

Over the years, I have learned that every significant invention has several characteristics. By definition it must be startling, unexpected, and must come into a world that is not prepared for it. If the world were prepared for it, it would not be much of an invention.

Profundity and originality are attributes of single, if not singular, minds.

Someone is going to make your product obsolete. Make sure it's you.