To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. – Thomas A. Edison
I saw this quote on a project at my daughter’s science fair tonight, this could totally be my tagline for this site…
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Good one! I believe to have a good imagination and always seem to start with junk. Recycle is the best cycle, anyway.
People have been doing great things with junk for 1000’s of years. Now reason to stop now…
I love this! We just got cable & this quote is perfect to moderate overreaction to the shows about hoarding. As with most things in life, moderation is the key but a nice bunch of junk DOES stimulate my imagination!
Fortunately I seem to keep my hoarding to two Rubbermaid containers (one for gardening, one for electronics) guess a little overflow onto my workbench. But I agree must practice moderation…