“Britain's great strength is its innovative, design and engineering natural ability and we're not using it.”
Design
“If you really want to improve technology, if you want things to work better and be better, you've got to protect the person who spends a lot of effort, money, and time developing that new technology.”
TechnologyAll Quotes by James Dyson
“Fear is always a good motivator.”
Fear“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“The media thinks that you have to make science sexy and concentrate on themes such as rivalry and the human issues.”
Science“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“Today, computers are almost second nature to most of us.”
Computers“When decisions on nuclear power stations and runways are delayed and the government dilly-dallies, people think they aren't important.”
Government“Design and technology should be the subject where mathematical brainboxes and science whizzkids turn their bright ideas into useful products.”
Design“Arbitrary benchmarks cheat kids out of a fulfilling education.”
Education“Anger is a good motivator.”
Anger“I don't design down to a price.”
Design“My interest in film is sort of catholic - apart from science fiction and horror movies, I'll watch almost everything.”
Movies“Beauty can come in strange forms.”
Beauty“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.”
Science“People will make leaps of faith and get excited by your product if you just get it in front of them.”
Faith“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“Failure is an enigma. You worry about it, and it teaches you something.”
Failure“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“So I think the winners in recession are the people who produce new technology that does things better, which people really want.”
Technology“If you really want to improve technology, if you want things to work better and be better, you've got to protect the person who spends a lot of effort, money, and time developing that new technology.”
Technology