James Dyson

James Dyson

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Few British inventors and businessmans have been quoted as widely as James Dyson (b. 1947), whose insights reach well beyond their original context. Beyond the inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner, which works on the principle of cyclonic separation, James Dyson proved equally skilled at capturing ideas in a sentence or two. 38 of James Dyson's sharpest quotes live here, spanning themes of Technology, Science, Design, Success, and Government. Among their most shared lines: "Enjoy failure and learn from it. You can never learn from success."

“I hate science fiction.”

— James Dyson

Science

All Quotes by James Dyson

“I don't design down to a price.”

— James Dyson

Design

“In the digital age of 'overnight' success stories such as Facebook, the hard slog is easily overlooked.”

— James Dyson

Age

“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.”

— James Dyson

Technology

“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.”

— James Dyson

Design

“Fear is always a good motivator.”

— James Dyson

Fear

“I don't particularly follow the Bauhaus school of design, where you make everything into a black box - simplify it.”

— James Dyson

Design

“So I think the winners in recession are the people who produce new technology that does things better, which people really want.”

— James Dyson

Technology

“The wonderful thing about Apple technology is just how intuitive it is.”

— James Dyson

Technology

“Business is constantly changing, constantly evolving.”

— James Dyson

Business

“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.”

— James Dyson

History

“People will make leaps of faith and get excited by your product if you just get it in front of them.”

— James Dyson

Faith

“Anger is a good motivator.”

— James Dyson

Anger

“Arbitrary benchmarks cheat kids out of a fulfilling education.”

— James Dyson

Education

“The media thinks that you have to make science sexy and concentrate on themes such as rivalry and the human issues.”

— James Dyson

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.”

— James Dyson

Design

“When decisions on nuclear power stations and runways are delayed and the government dilly-dallies, people think they aren't important.”

— James Dyson

Government

“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.”

— James Dyson

Education

“Britain's great strength is its innovative, design and engineering natural ability and we're not using it.”

— James Dyson

Design

“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.”

— James Dyson

Science

“I hate science fiction.”

— James Dyson

Science