Art imitates Nature, and Necessity is the Mother of Invention.
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Northern Memoirs, written in 1658 and published in 1694 along with another work by Franck, The Contemplative and Practical AnglerRichard Franck
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Necessity may be the mother of lucrative invention, but it is the death of poetical invention.
William Shenstone
I don't think necessity is the mother of invention — invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.
Agatha Christie
Invention is the mother of necessity.
Thorstein Veblen
Necessity, the mother of invention.
William Wycherley
Necessity, the mother of invention.
George Farquhar
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