Apartments are getting smaller on a whole. Houses are getting smaller. People don't need great big vacuums anymore.
James DysonAt school, I enjoyed playing the bassoon. I was in the orchestra and played the melody when the other boys sang hymns at prayers time.
James DysonThere 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.
James DysonWeโre taught to do things the right way. But if you want to discover something that other people havenโt, you need to do things the wrong way. Initiate a failure by doing something thatโs very silly, unthinkable, naughty, dangerous. Watching why that fails can take you on a completely different path. Itโs exciting, actually. To me, solving problems is a bit like a drug. Youโre on it, and you canโt get off.
James Dyson