How to translate “穷则变，变则通，通则久” to English? Is there any elegant and succinct way to translate “穷则变，变则通，通则久” to English? I felt the translation could be quite lengthy when I tried to explain every single character. Thank you very much.
穷则变，变则通

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  Impasse is followed by change, and change will lead to a solution.


Grand Ricci


  (provr.) Quand on est à bout, on change, dès que l’on a changé, on aboutit : dès qu’un changement s’est amorçé, une solution peut voir le jour. De tout s’avise à qui pain faut; nécessité est mère d’industrie, d’invention.


The last part is quite sums it up in quite a nice succienct way: necessity is the mother of invention.