Zitat des Tages von James Dyson:
Companies are not ingenious, it's the people in them that are.
I've obviously used fans - I wouldn't say all my life, because we couldn't afford them when I was young, but from my 20s and onwards we've had to use fans. And I've always loathed them. Everything about them. The way you adjust them, getting them at the angle you want. Carrying them. Cleaning them. The danger of putting your finger in them.
Cordless vacuums are designed for quick jobs, but you need enough power to do the job; you don't want the power waning over time.
I'm not into politics but I am committed to a cause: ensuring design technology and engineering stays on the U.K. curriculum, alongside science and maths - grounding abstract theory, merging the practical with the academic.
I hate science fiction.
Some people are academically inclined, some vocationally and we shouldn't penalise the latter.
Fear is always a good motivator.
I've fought court battles over my inventions before.
Engineers are behind the cars we drive, the pills we pop and the way we power our homes.
I think the search engines are the new equivalent of publishing: an enabler of information.
Enjoy failure and learn from it. You can never learn from success.
We should have A-levels in vocational subjects.
I imported the first Mac into England in 1984; you know, the beige box. I imported what I think were the first four that came into England. I never opened the instruction manual. That was the best thing about it.
One of the most fun inventions of my lifetime is the Mini.
When I started off, I was working in a shed behind my house. All I had was a drill, an electric drill. That was the only machine I had.
When you say 'design,' everybody thinks of magazine pages. So it's an emotive word. Everybody thinks it's how something looks, whereas for me, design is pretty much everything.
Life is a mountain of solvable problems, and I enjoy that.
Everyone has ideas. They may be too busy or lack the confidence or technical ability to carry them out. But I want to carry them out. It is a matter of getting up and doing it.
Stumbling upon the next great invention in an 'ah-ha!' moment is a myth.
Manufacturing is more than just putting parts together. It's coming up with ideas, testing principles and perfecting the engineering, as well as final assembly.
People buy products if they're better.
At school, I enjoyed playing the bassoon. I was in the orchestra and played the melody when the other boys sang hymns at prayers time.
The U.S. is the biggest investor in research and development in the world. It has the best universities. Keeping them supplied with the best talent is essential.
An inventor's path is chorused with groans, riddled with fist-banging and punctuated by head scratches.
People will make leaps of faith and get excited by your product if you just get it in front of them.
Failure is an enigma. You worry about it, and it teaches you something.
Apartments are getting smaller on a whole. Houses are getting smaller. People don't need great big vacuums anymore.
China can and will be an invaluable trading partner to both the U.S. and the U.K.
Emerging markets are hugely important.
As a modern employer you have to treat people well.
The way the world is going, it's technology driven. And it isn't just driven by the old super powers, it's driven by the far east and new emerging economies.
I think people are realizing that engineering and science are extremely good degrees to get and you'll be very highly paid once you've got them.
I don't believe in brands.
We have to change our culture so you can create wealth from making things and don't just try to make money out of money.