Regina Lee Blaszczyk

"The artisan who lovingly turns out something with his own hands is happier than the politician who sways multitudes. For the one is giving true expression to his own ideas, while the other is apt to be swayed by the feelings of the crowd."--David Sarnoff

"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal."--Henry Ford

“I like figuring out how things work, how the world works. I think narrative is the way we do this; it’s how we communicate with each other; showing how the world works and how we understand it. Crafting artful narratives that map onto the world and are convincing--that's the task of the historian.”--David M. Kennedy, Stanford University

Regina Lee Blaszczyk is an award-winning historian and author. Her six book focus on the history of innovation, with reference to design, consumer culture, and fashion.