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

A mistake is a future benefit, the full value of which is yet to be realized.

The process must be concealed from - non-existent for - the photographer, who by definition need think of the art in the taking and not in the making photographs... In short, all that should be necessary to get a good picture is to take a good picture.

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

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

I believe quite simply that the small company of the future will be as much a research organization as it is a manufacturing company.