“I hate science fiction.”
Science“Design and technology should be the subject where mathematical brainboxes and science whizzkids turn their bright ideas into useful products.”
Design“I hate science fiction.”
Science“The wonderful thing about Apple technology is just how intuitive it is.”
Technology“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“Beauty can come in strange forms.”
Beauty“I don't design down to a price.”
Design“The media thinks that you have to make science sexy and concentrate on themes such as rivalry and the human issues.”
Science“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 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“In the digital age of 'overnight' success stories such as Facebook, the hard slog is easily overlooked.”
Age“Design and technology should be the subject where mathematical brainboxes and science whizzkids turn their bright ideas into useful products.”
Design“My interest in film is sort of catholic - apart from science fiction and horror movies, I'll watch almost everything.”
Movies“Business is constantly changing, constantly evolving.”
Business“Anger is a good motivator.”
Anger“I don't particularly follow the Bauhaus school of design, where you make everything into a black box - simplify it.”
Design“Failure is an enigma. You worry about it, and it teaches you something.”
Failure“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“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.”
Technology“Arbitrary benchmarks cheat kids out of a fulfilling education.”
Education“Britain's great strength is its innovative, design and engineering natural ability and we're not using it.”
Design