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.
depends everyday happiness life mixed near problems puzzles solve solving
The problems of puzzles are very near the problems of life, our whole life is solving puzzles. If you are hungry, you have to find something to eat. But everyday problems are very mixed - they're not clear. The Cube's problem depends just on you. You can solve it independently. But to find happiness in life, you're not independent. That's the only big difference.
man number particular relation relevant seems strange three ways
For me, the number three seems to have a particular significance, relevant in some strange ways to the relation between man and nature.
man number particular relation relevant seems strange three ways
The number three seems to have a particular significance, relevant in some strange ways to the relation between man and nature.
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.