Edwin Herbert Land (May 7, 1909 – March 1, 1991) was an American scientist and inventor.
He is best known as the co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation.
Our society is changing so rapidly that none of us can know what it is or where it is going. Edwin H. Land
Our society is changing so rapidly that none of us can know what it is or where it is going.
We can be dramatic, even theatrical; we can be persuasive; but the message we are telling must be true. Edwin H. Land
We can be dramatic, even theatrical; we can be persuasive; but the message we are telling must be true.
Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity. Edwin H. Land
Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity.
Don't do anything that someone else can do. Don't undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible. Edwin H. Land
Don't do anything that someone else can do. Don't undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible.
You cannot rely upon what you have been taught. All you have learned from history is old ways of making mistakes. There is nothing that history can tell you about what we must do tomorrow. Only what we must not do. Edwin H. Land
You cannot rely upon what you have been taught. All you have learned from history is old ways of making mistakes. There is nothing that history can tell you about what we must do tomorrow. Only what we must not do.
It only takes a day to change someone from an anti-intellectual to an intellectual by persuading him that he might be one! Edwin H. Land
It only takes a day to change someone from an anti-intellectual to an intellectual by persuading him that he might be one!
Half the time when he is telling the truth, it sounds like a joke, and that keeps people from believing him. He says the best way to keep a secret is to shout it from the housetops. Edwin H. Land
Half the time when he is telling the truth, it sounds like a joke, and that keeps people from believing him. He says the best way to keep a secret is to shout it from the housetops.
There is no tremor in what we call the "outside world" that is not locked by a thousand chains and gossamers to inner structures that vibrate and move with it and are a part of it. Edwin H. Land
There is no tremor in what we call the "outside world" that is not locked by a thousand chains and gossamers to inner structures that vibrate and move with it and are a part of it.
You always start with a fantasy. Edwin H. Land
You always start with a fantasy.
In a few wretched buildings, we created a whole new industry with international significance. Edwin H. Land
In a few wretched buildings, we created a whole new industry with international significance.
One of the best ways to keep a great secret is to shout it. Edwin H. Land
One of the best ways to keep a great secret is to shout it.
If the world were prepared for it, it would not be much of an invention. Edwin H. Land
If the world were prepared for it, it would not be much of an invention.