"The inventor looks upon the world and is not contented with things as they are. He wants to improve whatever he sees, he wants to benefit the world."
— Alexander Graham Bell
The Inventor Looks Upon The World
The inventor looks upon the world and is not contented with things as they are. He wants to improve whatever he sees, he wants to benefit the world.
About this quote
Alexander Graham Bell delivered this speech at the Patent Congress in Washington, D.C. in 1891, a gathering of inventors and intellectual property advocates. By that point Bell had already secured his foundational telephone patents and was exploring aviation, hydrofoils, and heredity research. The statement captures his belief that invention is fundamentally an act of discontent with the status quo.
Source
Speech, Patent Congress, Washington D.C., 1891