Edwin Land Quotes

There’s a rule they don’t teach you at the Harvard Business School. It is, if anything is worth doing, it’s worth doing to excess.

– Edwin Land

An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail.

– Edwin Land

Politeness is the poison of collaboration.

– Edwin Land

The most important thing about power is to make sure you don’t have to use it.

– Edwin Land

Any problem can be solved using the materials in the room.

– Edwin Land

It’s not that we need new ideas, but we need to stop having old ideas.

– Edwin Land

If you dream of something worth doing and then simply go to work on it and don’t think anything of personalities, or emotional conflicts, or of money, or of family distractions; it is amazing how quickly you get through those 5,000 steps.

– Edwin Land

Marketing is what you do when your product is no good.

– Edwin Land

Science is a method to keep yourself from kidding yourself.

– Edwin Land

Don’t undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible.

– Edwin Land

Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity.

– Edwin Land

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