Invention, strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have been previously gathered and deposited in the memory; nothing can come of nothing.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Nothing is invented and perfected at the same time.
No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.
Nobody really invents anything that hasn't been done before.
We can invent only with memory.
Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos.
The digital camera is a great invention because it allows us to reminisce. Instantly.
In other words, what is supposedly found is an invention whose inventor is unaware of his act of invention, who considers it as something that exists independently of him; the invention then becomes the basis of his world view and actions.
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
You have to create something from nothing.