38 Quotes By James Dyson


In the digital age of 'overnight' success stories such as Facebook, the hard slog is easily overlooked.
James Dyson on age

Anger is a good motivator.
James Dyson on anger

Beauty can come in strange forms.
James Dyson on beauty

Business is constantly changing, constantly evolving.
James Dyson on business

I don't do something necessarily to make a big profit or because it's a logical business decision.
James Dyson on business

Today, computers are almost second nature to most of us.
James Dyson on computers

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

I don't design down to a price.
James Dyson on 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.
James Dyson on 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.
James Dyson on design

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

Design and technology should be the subject where mathematical brainboxes and science whizzkids turn their bright ideas into useful products.
James Dyson on design

Arbitrary benchmarks cheat kids out of a fulfilling education.
James Dyson on education

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 on education

Enjoy failure and learn from it. You can never learn from success.
James Dyson on failure

Failure is an enigma. You worry about it, and it teaches you something.
James Dyson on failure

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

Fear is always a good motivator.
James Dyson on fear

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