It could be, but, the quote is, "Necessity, who is the mother of invention." Its from Plato's Republic. (Sometimes you see this quote with the "who" but its a translation and so its not exact.)
It means that its difficult to think up something to invent, you need the problem first to try and solve.
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Ingenuity means the capability to work out or decode hard situation. With this, it was concluded that poverty is the mother of ingenuity.
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Necessity is the mother of invention.
"necessity is the mother of invention"This means that solutions to problems (the invention bit) are born out of then need for a solution (the necessity).As coming up with an idea is said to be the birth of an idea, this leads to the mother reference in the quote i.e. the need is the mother that gives birth to the idea for a solution.
Necessity is the mother of invention. You must know you have a need, a driving force. There are time when advancements are made by mistakes but those are few and far between.
The most famous example is this: necessity is the mother of invention. Another example: if you live in a cold climate, warm clothing is a necessity.