Over the years I have discovered that ideas come through an intense desire for them; continually desiring, the mind becomes a watch-tower on the lookout for incidents that may excite the imagination - music, a sunset, may give image to an idea.

I've realized that most of my best ideas have followed a good night's sleep.

The beauty of a great idea lies in the art of using it.

Keep on the lookout for novel ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea has to be original only in its adaptation to the problem you're working on.

My principal business is giving commercial value to the brilliant - but misdirected - ideas of others.

Most of my ideas belonged to other people who never bothered to develop them.