Invention

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The true creator is necessity, who is the mother of our invention.

Socrates

Quoted in Republic, by Plato

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Creativity Innovation Invention

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Socrates

Author

Plato

Source

Republic

Medium

Philosophical dialogue Dialogue

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

375 BC 370s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.

Current Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.

If you guys were the inventors of Facebook, you'd have invented Facebook.

Mark Zuckerberg

The Social Network

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Invention Innovation

Speaker

Mark Zuckerberg

Actor

Jesse Eisenberg

Source

The Social Network

Medium

Film

Genre

Biography (film) Drama (film) Biography Drama

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Citation

The Social Network. Directed by David Fincher. Columbia Pictures/Relativity Media/Scott Rudin Productions/Michael De Luca Productions/Trigger Street Productions, 2010.

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

Alan Kay

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The future Innovation Invention

Speaker

Alan Kay

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1971 1970s 20th century

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Kay, Alan. Speech in Palo Alto. c. 1971, Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, CA, USA.

Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos.

Mary Shelley

Frankenstein

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Innovation Creativity Invention

Author

Mary Shelley

Source

Frankenstein

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1831 1830s 19th century

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Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831, introduction.

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Shelley, Mary. "Introduction to Frankenstein, Third Edition (1831)." Frankenstein: The 1818 Text. Penguin Classics, 2018.

Invention... Arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.

Agatha Christie

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Creativity Innovation Invention

Author

Agatha Christie

Source

An Autobiography (Agatha Christie)

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1976 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Christie, Agatha. Agatha Christie: An Autobiography. Collins/Dodd, Mead & Company, 1977.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Richard Franck

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Invention Creativity

Author

Richard Franck

Language

English

Time

1694 1690s 17th century

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Franck, Richard. Northern Memoirs: Calculated for the Meridian of Scotland. London: Henry Mortclock, 1694.

Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.

Lawrence Durrell

Mountolive

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Creativity Innovation Invention

Speaker

Clea

Author

Lawrence Durrell

Source

Mountolive

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1958 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Durrell, Lawrence. Mountolive. Faber and Faber, 1958.