#invention

Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and, therefore, the foundation of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#imagination #innovation #invention #experience

Invention, using the term most broadly, and imitation, are the two legs, so to call them, on which the human race historically has walked. ↗

— William James

#invention #life

Men are creatures of invention and are usually determined not to accept no for an answer. ↗

— Mario Stinger

#innovation #invention #tenacity #men

Feminine virtue is nothing but a convenient masculine invention. ↗

— Ninon de L'Enclos

#feminine #invention #masculine #nothing #virtue

There's such a thing as theater discipline. One player doesn't appropriate another's inventions. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#appropriate #discipline #inventions #player #such

Never keep a line of retreat: it is a wretched invention. ↗

— Fridtjof Nansen

#keep #line #never #retreat #wretched

Architecture is invention. ↗

— Oscar Niemeyer

#invention

The art of an artist must be his own art. It is... always a continuous chain of little inventions, little technical discoveries of one's own, in one's relation to the tool, the material and the colors. ↗

— Emil Nolde

#art #artist #chain #colors #continuous

The role of the teacher is to create the conditions for invention rather than provide ready-made knowledge. ↗

— Seymour Papert

#create #invention #knowledge #provide #rather

There's definitely a pattern of great British shows that get reinvented in America and do really well here, but I think 'Torchwood' is a bit different. It's more of a hybrid that doesn't exist as a reinvention. ↗

— Bill Pullman

#bit #british #definitely #different #exist