After the idea, there is plenty of time to learn the technology James Dyson More Quotes by James Dyson More Quotes From James Dyson We’re taught to do things the right way. But if you want to discover something that other people haven’t, you need to do things the wrong way. Initiate a failure by doing something that’s very silly, unthinkable, naughty, dangerous. Watching why that fails can take you on a completely different path. It’s exciting, actually. To me, solving problems is a bit like a drug. You’re on it, and you can’t get off. James Dyson naughtysillypeople If you want to do something different, you’re going to come up against a lot of naysayers. James Dyson naysayersdifferentwant [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 agencycreativityscience The computer dictates how you do something, whereas with a pencil you're totally free. James Dyson pencilscomputer I just want things to work properly. James Dyson programmingwant In the digital age of "overnight" success stories such as Facebook, the hard slog is easily overlooked. James Dyson digitalagestories If robots are to clean our homes, they'll have to do it better than a person. James Dyson cleanrobotshome Companies are not ingenious, it's the people in them that are. James Dyson ingeniouscompanypeople There is no such thing as a quantum leap. There is only dogged persistence - and in the end you make it look like a quantum leap. James Dyson persistenceendslooks If you invent something, you're doing a creative act. It's like writing a novel or composing music. You put your heart and soul into it, and money. It's years of your life, it's your house remortgaged, huge emotional investment and financial investment. James Dyson emotionalheartwriting 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 trackpeoplethinking Design and technology should be the subject where mathematical brainboxes and science whizzkids turn their bright ideas into useful products. James Dyson designtechnologyideas All our engineers are designers and all our designers are engineers. James Dyson engineersdesigner Today, computers are almost second nature to most of us. James Dyson computertoday One of the most fun inventions of my lifetime is the Mini. James Dyson inventionlifetimefun Manufacturing is more than just putting parts together. It's coming up with ideas, testing principles and perfecting the engineering, as well as final assembly. James Dyson engineeringtogetherideas 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 engineeringpeoplethinking We have to change our culture so you can create wealth from making things and don't just try to make money out of money James Dyson businesstryingculture Reality TV is anything but. James Dyson reality-tvtvsreality Failure is so much more interesting because you learn from it. That's what we should be teaching children at school, that being successful the first time, there's nothing in it. There's no interest, you learn nothing actually. James Dyson teachingsuccesschildren
