Genius? Nothing! Sticking to it is the genius! Any other bright-minded fellow can accomplish just as much if he will stick like hell and remember nothing that's any good works by itself. You've got to make the damn thing work!...I failed my way to success.

Through all the years of experimenting and research, I never once made a discovery. I start where the last man left off... All my work was deductive, and the results I achieved were those of invention pure and simple.

I have been at work for some time building an apparatus to see if it is possible for personalities which have left this earth to communicate with us.

Absorb ideas from every source.

I will not say I failed 1000 times, I will say that I discovered there are 1000 ways that can cause failure

It is apparent to me that the possibilities of the aeroplane, which two or three years ago were thought to hold the solution to the [flying machine] problem, have been exhausted, and that we must turn elsewhere.

I would rather have one man with enthusiasm working with me than ten who are complacent.