9th February: Inventor's Day

For Inventor's Day, 10 quotes about creativity, ideas and genius.

1. A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him. Man Ray
2. Possibility is the secret heart of creativity. John O’Donohue
3. To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas Edison
4. One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius. Simone de Beauvoir
5. Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see. Arthur Schopenhauer
6. I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience. Richard Buckminster Fuller
7. A good idea doesn’t care who has it, and neither should you.
8. An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all. Oscar Wilde
9. A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimension. Oliver Wendell Holmes
10. New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along! Arthur C Clarke