The only way to keep ahead of the procession is to experiment. If you don't, the other fellow will. When there's no experimenting there's no progress. Stop experimenting and you go backward.
Thomas Edison — recorded by Frank L. Dyer and Thomas C. Martin
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Edison: His Life and Inventions (1910); Exact wording and attribution checked. Recorded remarks in a contemporary biography by Edison associates; not an audio transcript.
- Edison: His Life and Inventions (1910)
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