“My interest in film is sort of catholic - apart from science fiction and horror movies, I'll watch almost everything.”
Movies
“China has all the advantages in the world. But it doesn't have a history of free thinking, risk-taking pioneers - the kind of people the U.S. is built upon.”
HistoryAll Quotes by James Dyson
“Enjoy failure and learn from it. You can never learn from success.”
Failure“Beauty can come in strange forms.”
Beauty“China has all the advantages in the world. But it doesn't have a history of free thinking, risk-taking pioneers - the kind of people the U.S. is built upon.”
History“The wonderful thing about Apple technology is just how intuitive it is.”
Technology“Today, computers are almost second nature to most of us.”
Computers“In the digital age of 'overnight' success stories such as Facebook, the hard slog is easily overlooked.”
Age“I don't design down to a price.”
Design“Britain's great strength is its innovative, design and engineering natural ability and we're not using it.”
Design“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.”
Design“When decisions on nuclear power stations and runways are delayed and the government dilly-dallies, people think they aren't important.”
Government“Engineering undergraduates should not be charged fees. They should receive grants, not student loans, and the government will get the money back long-term from increased exports.”
Government“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.”
Design“Arbitrary benchmarks cheat kids out of a fulfilling education.”
Education“I don't do something necessarily to make a big profit or because it's a logical business decision.”
Business“People will make leaps of faith and get excited by your product if you just get it in front of them.”
Faith“Business is constantly changing, constantly evolving.”
Business“I don't particularly follow the Bauhaus school of design, where you make everything into a black box - simplify it.”
Design“I think if you have to pay for your education, you worry very seriously about you're going to do when you've got your degree.”
Education“I hate science fiction.”
Science