I try not to invent things that people don't need.

Thomas Alva Edison

PeopleTryingNeedsInvent

From a very early age, I also realized I wanted to invent things. So I became really interested in technology and also then, soon after, in business, because I figured that inventing things wasn't any good; you really had to get them out into the world and have people use them to have any effect.

Larry Page

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The greatest invention in the world is the mind of a child.

Thomas Alva Edison

MindWorldInventionChild

Negative results are just what I want. They're just as valuable to me as positive results. I can never find the thing that does the job best until I find the ones that don't.

Thomas Alva Edison

NegativeResultsValuablePositive...+3

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

Thomas Alva Edison

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Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.

Thomas Alva Edison

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