Necessity is the mother of invention, which probably explains why invention’s father left home on the pretext of buying a newspaper and hasn’t been heard of since.

Tom Holt
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This quote is a good reminder that sometimes creativity comes from necessity. When we are forced to come up with something that we would not normally think of, we become more creative and find ways to solve problems that we otherwise wouldn’t have. If we had never needed a particular product, would we have invented it? This is a good example of the proverb: "necessity is the mother of invention."

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