Invention is not something that appears in its full form at one moment in time.

from Making the most of your creativity Invention is not something that appears in its full form at one moment in time.

Many people think that invention is something that appears in perfect form at one time, but it is not like that! p.256

In English p.253 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.60231/page/n279/mode/2up https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.60231/2015.60231.Your-Creative-Power_djvu.txt

Alex Osborn Thomas Edison

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