Everyone has ideas. They may be too busy or lack the confidence or technical ability to carry them out. But I want to carry them out. It is a matter of getting up and doing it.

Life is a mountain of solvable problems and I enjoy that.

I was frustrated as a child when I had to use a vacuum. It had a screaming noise and the smell of stale dog and a lack of performance.

Far too few designers put any thought into usability, ending up with a great product that's completely inaccessible.

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

If you invent something, you're doing a creative act. It's like writing a novel or composing music. You put your heart and soul into it, and money. It's years of your life, it's your house remortgaged, huge emotional investment and financial investment.

Arbitrary benchmarks cheat kids out of a fulfilling education.