It is the lone worker who makes the first advance in a subject: the details may be worked out by a team, but the prime idea is due to the enterprise, thought, and perception of an individual.

Alexander Fleming

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The individual Originality Creativity

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Alexander Fleming

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English

Time

1951 1950s 20th century

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Scientist

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Fleming, Alexander. Address at Edinburgh University. 1951, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland.

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William J. Brennan, Jr.

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William J. Brennan, Jr.
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Time
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Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.

Albert von Szent-Gyorgyi

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Discovery Originality Creativity
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Albert von Szent-Gyorgyi
Language
English
Time
1962 1960s 20th century
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Szent-Gyorgyi, Albert. Quoted in The Scientist Speculates: An Anthology of Partly-Baked Ideas, written by Irving John Good. Heinemann, 1962, ch. 1, sect. 6.