Erno Rubik
Erno Rubik
Ernő Rubikis a Hungarian inventor, architect and professor of architecture. He is best known for the invention of mechanical puzzles including Rubik's Cube, Rubik's Magic, Rubik's Magic: Master Edition, and Rubik's Snake...
NationalityHungarian
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth13 July 1944
CityBudapest, Hungary
cubes plans
I did not plan to make the Cube.
cubes plans stills
Now, after the Cube, I still don't have any plans to make anything like it.
jigsaw-puzzles cubes life-is
Our whole life is solving puzzles.
successful icons cubes
I do not truly consider myself an icon, but the Cube has been quite successful.
cubes students impossible
Once I completed the Cube and demonstrated it to my students, I realized it was nearly impossible to put down.
jigsaw-puzzles cubes problem
The problems of puzzles are very near the problems of life.
cubes improvement imitation
The Cube is an imitation of life itself - or even an improvement on life.
closely develop government mass remain shall version worked
And, not only in Budapest. I worked very closely with a very powerful government organization, which shall remain unidentified, to develop the mass marketed version of the Cube.
Yes, but with the Cube there are many flashes, there are many aha's.
This was such an extraordinary situation that I simply could not accept it.
I'm still the same person, thinking the same way, so it's possible I will invent something.
But for me, it was a code I myself had invented! Yet I could not read it.
capitalist government
But thanks to my invention, my capitalist friends and I were able to bring the government to its knees.
satisfying
It was tremendously satisfying to watch this color parade.