Edison vs. Tesla
"If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward."
Thomas A. Edison, Encyclopaedia Britannica
"Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration."
Thomas A. Edison, Harper's Monthly, 1932
"If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search... I was a sorry witness of such doings, knowing that a little theory and calculation would have saved him ninety per cent of his labor."
Nikola Tesla, New York Times, October 19, 1931
Thomas A. Edison, Encyclopaedia Britannica
"Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration."
Thomas A. Edison, Harper's Monthly, 1932
"If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search... I was a sorry witness of such doings, knowing that a little theory and calculation would have saved him ninety per cent of his labor."
Nikola Tesla, New York Times, October 19, 1931