Quote by Albert Gyorgyi
Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking

Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought. – Albert Gyorgyi

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Invention strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have been previously gathered and deposited in the memory; nothing can come from nothing. – Sir Joshua Reynolds

A new gadget that lasts only five minutes is worth more than an immortal work that bores everyone. – Francis Picabia

I dont mind occasionally having to reinvent a wheel; I dont even mind using someones reinvented wheel occasionally. But it helps a lot if it is symmetric, contains no fewer than ten sides, and has the axle centered. I do tire of trapezoidal wheels with offset axles. – Joseph Newcomer

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity — gunpowder and romantic love. – Andre Maurois

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