Author: Dean Kamen

Quotes

Innovation is so hard and so frustrating; it takes the intersections of people with courage, vision, and resources.

Innovation is so hard and so frustrating; it takes the intersections of people with courage, vision, and resources.

- Dean Kamen

Most of the time you will fail, but you will also occasionally succeed. Those occasional successes make all the hard work and sacrifice worthwhile.

Most of the time you will fail, but you will also occasionally succeed. Those occasional successes make all the hard work and sacrifice worthwhile.

- Dean Kamen

I don't work on a project unless I believe that it will dramatically improve life for a bunch of people.

I don't work on a project unless I believe that it will dramatically improve life for a bunch of people.

- Dean Kamen

My biggest worry is I'm running out of time and energy. Thirty years ago I thought 10 years was a really long time.

My biggest worry is I'm running out of time and energy. Thirty years ago I thought 10 years was a really long time.

- Dean Kamen

The future is going to require really smart people. What we think are crises today probably will be no big deal, and we have no idea what will really be crises in the future.

The future is going to require really smart people. What we think are crises today probably will be no big deal, and we have no idea what will really be crises in the future.

- Dean Kamen

Nothing that has value, real value, has no cost. Not freedom, not food, not shelter, not healthcare.

Nothing that has value, real value, has no cost. Not freedom, not food, not shelter, not healthcare.

- Dean Kamen

I think an education is not only important, it is the most important thing you can do with your life.

I think an education is not only important, it is the most important thing you can do with your life.

- Dean Kamen

I do not want to waste any time. And if you are not working on important things, you are wasting time.

I do not want to waste any time. And if you are not working on important things, you are wasting time.

- Dean Kamen

Thinking is my hobby. But sometimes you get to where you're stuck and you can't figure it out, so you just go work on another project. I always have multiple projects.

Thinking is my hobby. But sometimes you get to where you're stuck and you can't figure it out, so you just go work on another project. I always have multiple projects.

- Dean Kamen

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