Necessity is the mother of invention,

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Necessity, the mother of invention.

Necessity, the mother of invention.

How true is that necessity is the mother of invention, how very true.

[H]ere and now, as always and everywhere, invention is the mother of necessity.

Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention, but it is the mother of any number of other things as well: sacrifice and monstrosity and metamorphosis. Necessity is the mother of all necessary things, to coin a tautology.

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.

Invention is the mother of all necessities.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention . . . arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.

"Necessity is the mother of invention" is a silly proverb. "Necessity is the mother of futile dodges" is much nearer the truth.

Necessity may be the mother of lucrative invention, but it is the death of poetical invention.