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Sir James Dyson
(2 May 1947 - )
English engineer and industrial designer whose inventions include the Dual Cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner and the Airblade hand dryer. He founded Dyson Research Ltd 1979.
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Science Quotes by Sir James Dyson (6 quotes)
![James Dyson quote: [In my home workshop,] generally I’m mending things, which is interesting because you learn a lot about why t](https://todayinsci.com/D/Dyson_James/DysonJames-Mending500x250px.jpg)
[In my home workshop,] generally I’m mending things, which is interesting because you learn a lot about why they broke.
— Sir James Dyson
Interview by Melanie D.G. Kaplan, 'James Dyson: Why we need to re-focus on the old economy' posted on smartplanet.com (3 Nov 2010).
![James Dyson quote: [M]anufacturing, science and engineering are … incredibly creative. I’d venture to say more so than creative](https://todayinsci.com/D/Dyson_James/DysonJames-Creative500x250px.jpg)
[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.
— Sir James Dyson
Interview by Melanie D.G. Kaplan, 'James Dyson: Why we need to re-focus on the old economy' posted on smartplanet.com (3 Nov 2010).
All our engineers are designers and all our designers are engineers.
— Sir James Dyson
Quoted in New Yorker (20 Sep 2010). Cited in interview by Melanie D.G. Kaplan, 'James Dyson: Why we need to re-focus on the old economy' posted on smartplanet.com (3 Nov 2010).
Failure is so much more interesting because you learn from it. That’s what we should be teaching children at school, that being successful the first time, there’s nothing in it. There’s no interest, you learn nothing actually.
— Sir James Dyson
Interview with Carole Cadwalladr, The Observer (9 May 2014).
I’m particularly adept at making mistakes—it’s a necessity as an engineer. Each iteration of the vacuum came about because of a mistake I needed to fix.
— Sir James Dyson
In 'My Favorite Mistake', Newsweek (29 May 2011). About developing his revolutionary Dyson vacuum cleaner.
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.
— Sir James Dyson
Epigraph in The Business Book (2014), 286. Need primary source - can you help?
![James Dyson quote: [M]anufacturing, science and engineering are … incredibly creative. I’d venture to say more so than creative](https://todayinsci.com/D/Dyson_James/DysonJames-CreativeThm.jpg)
![James Dyson quote: [In my home workshop,] generally I’m mending things, which is interesting because you learn a lot about why t](https://todayinsci.com/D/Dyson_James/DysonJames-MendingThm.jpg)
See also:
- 2 May - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Dyson's birth.
- Against the Odds: An Autobiography, by James Dyson. - book suggestion.
- Booklist for James Dyson.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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