James Dyson
James Dyson
Sir James Dyson OM CBE FRS FREngis a British inventor, industrial designer and founder of the Dyson company. He is best known as the inventor of the Dual Cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner, which works on the principle of cyclonic separation. According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2013, his net worth in 2013 was £3 billion...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth2 May 1947
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An inventor's path is chorused with groans, riddled with fist-banging and punctuated by head scratches.
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You need a stubborn belief in an idea in order to see it realised.
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One of the most fun inventions of my lifetime is the Mini.
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[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.
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A lot of people give up when the world seems to be against them, but that's the point when you should push a little harder. I use the analogy of running a race. It seems as though you can’t carry on, but if you just get through the pain barrier, you'll see the end and be okay. Often, just around the corner is where the solution will happen.
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After the idea, there is plenty of time to learn the technology
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Life is a mountain of solvable problems and I enjoy that.
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Britain's great strength is its innovative, design and engineering natural ability and we're not using it.
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Today, computers are almost second nature to most of us.
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Designing aircraft and racing cars is an extremely exciting thing.
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In order to fix it, you need a passionate anger about something that doesn't work well.
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Business is constantly changing, constantly evolving.
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Far too few designers put any thought into usability, ending up with a great product that's completely inaccessible.
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If you want to do something different, you’re going to come up against a lot of naysayers.