James Dyson

I just want things to work properly.

— James Dyson

I just think things should work properly

— James Dyson

Success is made of 99% failure.

— James Dyson

Insurance companies don't make anything.

— James Dyson

I hate science fiction.

— James Dyson

I don't design down to a price.

— James Dyson

I don't believe in brands.

— James Dyson

Well, air-conditioning is not a good thing.

— James Dyson

The one size fits all approach of standardized testing is convenient but lazy.

— James Dyson

We should have A-levels in vocational subjects.

— James Dyson

The computer dictates how you do something, whereas with a pencil you're totally free.

— James Dyson

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

— James Dyson

Arbitrary benchmarks cheat kids out of a fulfilling education.

— James Dyson

The British judiciary needs to support intellectual property.

— James Dyson

I myself scraped seven poor passes at O-level.

— James Dyson

Designing aircraft and racing cars is an extremely exciting thing.

— 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

China has all the advantages in the world. But it doesn't have a history of free thinking, risk-taking pioneers - the kind…

— James Dyson

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

— James Dyson

The media thinks that you have to make science sexy and concentrate on themes such as rivalry and the human issues.

— James Dyson

When I started off, I was working in a shed behind my house. All I had was a drill, an electric drill.…

— James Dyson

Anyone developing new products and new technology needs one characteristic above all else: hope.

— James Dyson

We should learn to live more with our climate and rely less on electricity to alter our climate.

— James Dyson

I think the search engines are the new equivalent of publishing: an enabler of information.

— James Dyson

What I often do is just think of a completely obtuse thing to do, almost the wrong thing to do. That often…

— James Dyson

[M]anufacturing, science and engineering are ... incredibly creative. I'd venture to say more so than creative advertising agencies and things that are…

— James Dyson

If you didn't have patents, no one would bother to spend money on research and development. But with patents, if someone has…

— James Dyson

Exactly 5,126 attempts to make the first bagless vacuum cleaner were failures-some catastrophic disappointments, some minor defects. It took 15 years. Prototype…

— James Dyson

A lot of people give up when the world seems to be against them, but that's the point when you should push…

— James Dyson

If you invent something, you're doing a creative act. It's like writing a novel or composing music. You put your heart and…

— James Dyson

I imported the first Mac into England in 1984; you know, the beige box. I imported what I think were the first…

— James Dyson

I've obviously used fans - I wouldn't say all my life, because we couldn't afford them when I was young, but from…

— James Dyson

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…

— James Dyson

We’re taught to do things the right way. But if you want to discover something that other people haven’t, you need to…

— James Dyson

It's the unlikely juxtaposition of creativity and logic which causes the wooliness and confusion around the term 'innovation'. Everybody wants to be…

— James Dyson

I'm not a businessman.

— James Dyson

People buy products if they're better.

— James Dyson

I like living on the edge.

— James Dyson

Beauty can come in strange forms.

— James Dyson

Fear is always a good motivator.

— James Dyson