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

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Edwin Land
Age: 81 †
Born: 1909
Born: May 7
Died: 1991
Died: March 1
Entrepreneur
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Photographer
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Bridgeport
Connecticut
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Edwin Herbert Land
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We can be dramatic, even theatrical we can be persuasive but the message we are telling must be true.
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Colour is always a consequence, never a cause.
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An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail.
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The world is like a fertile field that's waiting to be harvested. The seeds have been planted, and what I do is go out and help plant more seeds and harvest them.
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We took nothing from anybody. We gave a great deal to the world. The only thing keeping us alive is our brilliance. The only thing that keeps our brilliance alive is our patents.
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A significant inventionmust be startling, unexpected. It must come to a world that is not prepared for it.
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In a few wretched buildings, we created a whole new industry with international significance.
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