Thomas Edison? Kate Sanborn? Apocryphal? Dear Quote Investigator: Thomas Edison is credited with a famous adage about creativity and innovation: Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration. I found another quotation that specified a slightly different ratio of 2 percent to 98 percent. What did Edison actually say? Quote Investigator: Edison did discuss …
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