I Am More Of A Sponge Than

Thomas A. Edison

I am more of a sponge than an inventor. i absorb ideas from every source. i take half-matured schemes for mechanical development and make them practical. i am a sort of a middleman between the long-haired and impractical inventor and the hard-headed business man who measures all things in terms of dollars and cents. my principal business is giving commercial value to the brilliant but misdirected ideas of others.