John Logie Baird
A Scottish engineer and inventor who demonstrated the first working television system.
Most quoted
"The crude apparatus shook and trembled, and the image quivered and danced. But it was there. A human face, recognisable, yet ghostly and pale, stared from the screen."
— from Description of first television demonstration, 1925
"In the dance of electrons across a screen, I see not just technology, but the yearning of the human spirit to transcend its physical limitations."
— from Interview fragment
"I often wondered if the people watching my early broadcasts understood the sheer effort involved in getting that flickering image to them."
— from Biography/Interview
All quotes by John Logie Baird (413)
My health is failing, but my mind is still full of ideas.
I have seen the future, and it is in three dimensions.
The world will one day see television as I envisioned it.
The greatest difficulty has been to convince people that it is possible.
I am a man of ideas, not of business.
The flickering image, though faint, was unmistakable.
I have spent my life chasing shadows, but sometimes I catch them.
The public's imagination is a powerful force.
Every setback is a lesson learned.
My greatest joy is in the act of creation.
The path of the inventor is rarely smooth.
The future belongs to those who dare to dream.
My work is my life, and my life is my work.
To see is to believe, and soon, all will see.
The world is on the brink of a new era of communication.
I am merely a tool in the hands of progress.
The joy of discovery outweighs all hardship.
My vision is clear, even if the path is not.
I have always been drawn to the impossible.
The greatest invention is yet to come.
Contemporaries of John Logie Baird
Other Inventions born within 50 years of John Logie Baird (1888–1946).