Literary notes about Inventive (AI summary)
In literature, the word "inventive" frequently signifies more than mere creativity—it embodies a dynamic confluence of originality, practical problem-solving, and imaginative flair. Authors use it to celebrate characters whose resourcefulness transforms daunting challenges into opportunities for innovation, as seen when fate itself renders a character inventive [1] or when an ingenious mind conjures novel devices or solutions [2]. It also functions as a subtle mark of intellectual vigor, highlighting how a keenly perceptive or original nature can redefine established norms, whether in the realm of technical innovation [3] or in the crafting of narrative surprises that instantly refresh the artistic form [4]. This versatile term thus serves as both tribute and descriptor, illuminating the multifaceted impact of a creative spirit in varied literary landscapes [5].
- These persecutions of fate had rendered him inventive.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo - More than this, he must have inventive power to discover and apply the necessary mechanical means for the performance of the duties of his profession.
— from The Funny Side of Physic Or, The Mysteries of Medicine, Presenting the Humorous and Serious Sides of Medical Practice. An Exposé of Medical Humbugs, Quacks, and Charlatans in All Ages and All Countries. by Addison Darre Crabtre - It is too flimsy, Miss Hawkins, for a person of your fine inventive talent—contrive an abler device than that.
— from The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner - In Gothic art, the product of richly inventive and imaginative minds, symmetry was never used in a commonplace way.
— from Composition by Arthur W. (Arthur Wesley) Dow - The intellectual indigence and lack of inventive power of this resourceful and inventive animal is simply terrible.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book I and II by Nietzsche
