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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Now, partly that was work, and partly that was brains, but very largely it was having the guts, the guts to be immodest in the right way. Edwin H. Land
Now, partly that was work, and partly that was brains, but very largely it was having the guts, the guts to be immodest in the right way.
We live in a world changing so rapidly that what we mean frequently by common sense is doing the thing that would have been right last year. Edwin H. Land
We live in a world changing so rapidly that what we mean frequently by common sense is doing the thing that would have been right last year.
Science is a method to keep yourself from kidding yourself. Edwin H. Land
Science is a method to keep yourself from kidding yourself.
It's not that we need new ideas, but we need to stop having old ideas. Edwin H. Land
It's not that we need new ideas, but we need to stop having old ideas.
Politeness is the slow poison of collaboration. Edwin H. Land
Politeness is the slow poison of collaboration.
Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity. Edwin H. Land
Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity.
Marketing is what you do when your product is no good. Edwin H. Land
Marketing is what you do when your product is no good.