Quote

I think the search engines are the new equivalent of publishing: an enabler of information.

James Dyson

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

James Dyson
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: May 2
Designer
Entrepreneur
Farmer
Industrial Designer
Inventor
Cromer
Norfolk
Sir James Dyson
Information
Think
Thinking
Enabler
Enablers
Equivalent
Engines
Publishing
Search

More quotes by James Dyson

Image
[M]anufacturing, science and engineering are ... incredibly creative. I'd venture to say more so than creative advertising agencies and things that are known as the creative industries.
James Dyson
Image
In order to fix it, you need a passionate anger about something that doesn't work well.
James Dyson
Image
After the idea, there is plenty of time to learn the technology
James Dyson
Image
Having a good idea is one thing, but persuading other people to buy it is quite another. Good inventors are polymaths: they think with their hands and their brains. They're experts in design, engineering and business.
James Dyson
Image
A lot of people give up when the world seems to be against them, but that's the point when you should push a little harder. I use the analogy of running a race. It seems as though you can’t carry on, but if you just get through the pain barrier, you'll see the end and be okay. Often, just around the corner is where the solution will happen.
James Dyson
Image
If robots are to clean our homes, they'll have to do it better than a person.
James Dyson
Image
The media thinks that you have to make science sexy and concentrate on themes such as rivalry and the human issues.
James Dyson
Image
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.
James Dyson
Image
Anger is a good motivator.
James Dyson
Image
Don't listen to experts.
James Dyson
Image
You need a stubborn belief in an idea in order to see it realised.
James Dyson
Image
Some of the best inventive moments are born out of 'wrong thinking'. Most people start with the right way so they all follow the same path. The wrong way will lead to mistakes from which you can learn and create new discoveries-the kind of original ideas that come to life when we dare to be different, keep an open mind, and have no fear of failure.
James Dyson
Image
Nobody wants the expenditure of a lease on a factory which lasts 21 years. You can't plan 21 years ahead.
James Dyson
Image
I've fought court battles over my inventions before.
James Dyson
Image
If you can't be unconventional, be obtuse. Be deliberately obtuse, because there are 5 billion people out there thinking in train tracks, and thinking what they have been taught to think.
James Dyson
Image
Designing aircraft and racing cars is an extremely exciting thing.
James Dyson
Image
Failure is an enigma. You worry about it, and it teaches you something.
James Dyson
Image
I was frustrated as a child when I had to use a vacuum. It had a screaming noise and the smell of stale dog and a lack of performance.
James Dyson
Image
If you want to do something different, you’re going to come up against a lot of naysayers.
James Dyson
Image
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.
James Dyson