Quotes by James Dyson

About James Dyson:

Sir James Dyson is 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.
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People buy products if they're better.

James Dyson

Now, we don't teach children in schools to be creative. We don't teach them to experiment. We want them to fill in the right answer, tick the right answer in the box.

James Dyson

I'm afraid I am tidy, and I have to be because the office is open plan and my glass office door is literally always open.

James Dyson

Nobody wants the expenditure of a lease on a factory which lasts 21 years. You can't plan 21 years ahead.

James Dyson

Insurance companies don't make anything.

James Dyson

Some people are academically inclined, some vocationally and we shouldn't penalise the latter.

James Dyson

When I started off, I was working in a shed behind my house. All I had was a drill, an electric drill. That was the only machine I had.

James Dyson

I grew up running miles of the Norfolk coastline. I'd think nothing of a six-mile run before breakfast. I still run, though not as far and not before muesli.

James Dyson

What I often do is just think of a completely obtuse thing to do, almost the wrong thing to do. That often works because you start a different approach, something no one has tried.

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In the past, the U.K. got away with selling things that weren't unusual. Now it's no use trying to export without having something that's unusual and better.

James Dyson

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

The British judiciary needs to support intellectual property.

James Dyson

The Web is fascinating and transformative, but it's an easy, flashy, get-rich-quick option to the hard graft of proper industry.

James Dyson

We need to encourage investors to invest in high-technology startups.

James Dyson

It is an extreme perversion of capitalism if you can trade in something before you have even paid for it.

James Dyson

I own every share of my company, and I don't want to sell any of it.

James Dyson

I've fought court battles over my inventions before.

James Dyson

You need a stubborn belief in an idea in order to see it realised.

James Dyson

In order to fix it, you need a passionate anger about something that doesn't work well.

James Dyson

What I've learned from running is that the time to push hard is when you're hurting like crazy and you want to give up. Success is often just around the corner.

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There's nothing wrong with things taking time.

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Author Bio

  • NameJames Dyson
  • DescriptionBritish inventor, industrial designer and founder of the Dyson company
  • AliasesSir James Dyson
  • BornMay 2, 1947
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionInventor; Industrial Designer
  • AwardsPrince Philip Designers Prize