From bruce@ashbysolutions.com Mon Nov 26 07:00:05 2001
Subject:Re: Some OT fun "What will they clone next"

The quote is of Edison, and the correct ratio is 1:99.

At 09:56 A 11/26/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> >> Was it not Stravinsky (or who knows?) that
>said "composing is 10% inspiration and 90% persperation"?? Or maybe
>that's a knockoff from someone else... heck, i dunno."
>
>Thomas Edison said that "genius is 1% inspiration and 99%
>perspiration." But I've also seen him quoted as saying that it's
>10%/90%. And I've seen "invention" substituted for "genius". But for sure
>it was Edison. I think. :-)
>
>Rick
>