2: A new idea, method, or device

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.

-- Carl Gustav Jung

Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought.

-- Albert Szent-Gyorgi, 1937 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine

When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

-- Albert Einstein

Innovation is exciting. Who doesn’t want to be on the cutting edge? However, it’s important to keep a balance between innovating in a significant way and simply reinventing the wheel... More