162 Quotes by James Dyson

Companies are not ingenious, it's the people in them that are.

Cordless vacuums are designed for quick jobs, but you need enough power to do the job; you don't want the power waning over time.

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

Don't listen to experts.

Most robotic vacuum cleaners don't see their environment, have little suction, and don't clean properly. They are gimmicks. We've been developing a unique 360 vision system that lets our robot see where it is, where it has been, and where it is yet to clean. Vision, combined with our high speed digital motor and cyclone technology, is the key to achieving a high performing robot vacuum - a genuine labor saving device.

Some of the best inventive moments are born out of 'wrong thinking'. Most people start with the right way so they all follow the same path. The wrong way will lead to mistakes from which you can learn and create new discoveries-the kind of original ideas that come to life when we dare to be different, keep an open mind, and have no fear of failure.

Successes teach you nothing. Failures teach you everything. Making mistakes is the most important thing you can do.

There is no such thing as a quantum leap. There is only dogged persistence - and in the end you make it look like a quantum leap.

All our engineers are designers and all our designers are engineers.