Thomas A. Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Thomas Alva Edisonwas an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park", he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production and large-scale teamwork to the process of invention, and because of that, he is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionInventor
Date of Birth11 February 1847
CountryUnited States of America
Thomas A. Edison quotes about
I love great music and art, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.
To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity.
The beauty of a great idea lies in the art of using it.
Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress.
Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.
We don't know one-millionth of one percent about anything.
If we all did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves
What man's mind can create, man's character can control.
If we did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.
If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astonish ourselves.
Most people don't recognize opportunity when it comes, because it's usually dressed in overalls and looks a lot like work.
Nearly every man who develops an idea works at it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then gets discouraged. that's not the place to become discouraged.
I shall make electricity so cheap that only the rich can afford to burn candles