"Design and technology should be the subject where mathematical brainboxes and science whizzkids turn their bright ideas into useful products."
Quotes by James Dyson
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Sir James Dyson is an English inventor, industrial designer, farmer, and business magnate who founded the company Dyson. He is best known as the inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner, which works on the principle of cyclonic separation. In the Sunday Times Rich List 2023, he was the fifth-richest person in the United Kingdom, with an estimated family net worth of £23 billion. As of September 2026, Forbes lists Dyson's net worth as $15.1 billion.
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James Dyson quotes on Science
View all Science quotes →"My interest in film is sort of catholic - apart from science fiction and horror movies, I'll watch almost everything."
"I think people are realizing that engineering and science are extremely good degrees to get and you'll be very highly paid once you've got them."
"I hate science fiction."
"The media thinks that you have to make science sexy and concentrate on themes such as rivalry and the human issues."
"I'm not into politics but I am committed to a cause: ensuring design technology and engineering stays on the U.K. curriculum, alongside science and maths - grounding abstract theory, merging the practical with the academic."
"My interest in film is sort of catholic - apart from science fiction and horror movies, I'll watch almost everything."
"Design and technology should be the subject where mathematical brainboxes and science whizzkids turn their bright ideas into useful products."
James Dyson quotes on Power
View all Power quotes →"Britain's great strength is its innovative, design and engineering natural ability and we're not using it."
"When decisions on nuclear power stations and runways are delayed and the government dilly-dallies, people think they aren't important."
"Britain's great strength is its innovative, design and engineering natural ability and we're not using it."
James Dyson quotes on Technology
View all Technology quotes →"Design and technology should be the subject where mathematical brainboxes and science whizzkids turn their bright ideas into useful products."
"The way the world is going, it's technology driven. And it isn't just driven by the old super powers, it's driven by the far east and new emerging economies."
"The wonderful thing about Apple technology is just how intuitive it is."
James Dyson quotes on Education
View all Education quotes →"I think if you have to pay for your education, you worry very seriously about you're going to do when you've got your degree."
"Arbitrary benchmarks cheat kids out of a fulfilling education."
"I don't particularly follow the Bauhaus school of design, where you make everything into a black box - simplify it."
James Dyson quotes on Politics
View all Politics quotes →"I'm not into politics but I am committed to a cause: ensuring design technology and engineering stays on the U.K. curriculum, alongside science and maths - grounding abstract theory, merging the practical with the academic."
"I'm not into politics but I am committed to a cause: ensuring design technology and engineering stays on the U.K. curriculum, alongside science and maths - grounding abstract theory, merging the practical with the academic."
"I'm not into politics but I am committed to a cause: ensuring design technology and engineering stays on the U.K. curriculum, alongside science and maths - grounding abstract theory, merging the practical with the academic."
James Dyson quotes on Beauty
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View all Failure quotes →James Dyson quotes on Experience
View all Experience quotes →"I don't design down to a price."
James Dyson quotes on Motivation
View all Motivation quotes →"In the digital age of 'overnight' success stories such as Facebook, the hard slog is easily overlooked."
James Dyson quotes on Trust
View all Trust quotes →"People will make leaps of faith and get excited by your product if you just get it in front of them."
James Dyson quotes on Philosophy
View all Philosophy quotes →"So I think the winners in recession are the people who produce new technology that does things better, which people really want."
James Dyson quotes on Anger
View all Anger quotes →"Anger is a good motivator."
James Dyson quotes on Travel
View all Travel quotes →"China has all the advantages in the world. But it doesn't have a history of free thinking, risk-taking pioneers - the kind of people the U.S. is built upon."
James Dyson quotes on Courage
View all Courage quotes →"Fear is always a good motivator."
James Dyson quotes on Money
View all Money quotes →"Engineering undergraduates should not be charged fees. They should receive grants, not student loans, and the government will get the money back long-term from increased exports."
James Dyson quotes on Nature
View all Nature quotes →"Today, computers are almost second nature to most of us."
James Dyson quotes on Time
View all Time quotes →"If you really want to improve technology, if you want things to work better and be better, you've got to protect the person who spends a lot of effort, money, and time developing that new technology."
James Dyson quotes on Success
View all Success quotes →"In the digital age of 'overnight' success stories such as Facebook, the hard slog is easily overlooked."
James Dyson quotes on Wisdom
View all Wisdom quotes →"Enjoy failure and learn from it. You can never learn from success."