Erno Rubik Quotes

There's no good idea that can't be improved on.

If you're trying to be more creative, one of the most important things you can do is increase the volume and diversity of the information to which you are exposed.

If we would have new knowledge, we must get a whole world of new questions.

Every record I do is a learning process for how I want to do the next one.

Most intuitive ideas have to be clarified, so there is a trial and error process.

Don't be afraid to ask questions. People have a lot of knowledge.

If I experiment enough, I get a deeper understanding.

It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.

Experience is what you get while looking for something else.

I think you never stop learning.

The minute that you're not learning I believe you're dead.

I like to start with the ordinary, and then nudge it, and then think, 'What happens next, what happens next?'

People simply learn to process information to the point where it doesn't serve true creativity.

I think if I try to develop a formula, it ends up not working.

By asking a novel question that you don't know the answer to, you discover whether you can formulate a way of finding the answer, and you stretch your own mind, and very often you learn something new.

Strive for continuous improvement, instead of perfection.

I write because it's my way of finding cool ideas, thinking through hard problems and things I don't understand, and getting better at something.

Every project is an opportunity to learn, to figure out problems and challenges, to invent and reinvent.

Every time you do a project, you learn something new.

Research is creating new knowledge.

I'm still learning, and that's what life is about.

I hope I'm always learning something.

A man learns all his life and dies the day he thinks that he has learnt everything.

Part of the process is always, 'Is there a better way?' We try to think through if there's something we can do better creatively or technically, or just is more efficient.

Engineering is about finding solutions with a commitment to ongoing refinement. That's what engineering training teaches you.