A Quote by Thomas A. Edison

Invention is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.

Thomas A. Edison

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Thomas A. Edison
American - Inventor
February 11, 1847 - October 18, 1931

Invention is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. Thomas Edison I don't design clothes, I design dreams.

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Success is 90% perspiration and 10% inspiration!

Thomas A. Edison

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Talent alone is not enough. I believe that a really good gymnast is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.

Vladislav Rastorotsky

It's true when they say songwriting is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. In truth, what happens is... songs comes through you.

Greg Lake

The secret to a masterpiece is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.

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Invention is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration

Thomas A. Edison

Howard Shore, who's an amazing film composer, told me once that it's 10 percent inspiration, 90 percent perspiration. So I think even within the creative process, like being a producer, you're really managing people and getting the best out of them.

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To create great work, here's how you must spend your time: 1% Inspiration 9% Perspiration 90% Justification

George Lois

Photography is 10% inspiration and 90% moving furniture.

Helmut Newton

Photography is 90% sheer, brutal drudgery! The other 10% is inspiration!!

Brett Weston

Inspiration leads to invention. Tenacity is the breeding ground for inspiration. There can be no invention in the absence of tenacity.

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Invention, my dear friends, is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple

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Genius is not inspired. Inspiration is perspiration.

Thomas A. Edison

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