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Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game.

A man with an invention on which he has spent his life, but has no means to get it developed for the good of humanity - or even patented for himself - must feel the pinch of poverty very acutely.

James Payn

Never keep a line of retreat: it is a wretched invention.

Fridtjof Nansen

Invention

The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply would not play 'Drop the Handkerchief.'

I happen to think that computers are the most important thing to happen to musicians since the invention of cat-gut which was a long time ago.

One can be absolutely truthful and sincere even though admittedly the most outrageous liar. Fiction and invention are of the very fabric of life.

The digital camera is a great invention because it allows us to reminisce. Instantly.

Demetri Martin

Invention

Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift.

Gustav Mahler

Invention

Television has some lovely aspects to it - and some ghastly aspects - but the theater itself was a wonderful invention.

I said I have no powers of invention. Well, I also have no powers of mimicry.

Norman MacCaig

Invention

My invention, (the motion picture camera), can be exploited... as a scientific curiosity, but apart from that it has no commercial value whatsoever.

The more a person learns how to use the forces of nature for his own purposes, by means of perfecting the sciences and the invention and improvement of machines, the more he will produce.

Feminine virtue is nothing but a convenient masculine invention.

As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to reverse the norm.