Erno Rubik Quotes
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Complex things, if you don't understand them, it seems complicated. If you understand them, and we know how to handle it, it became simple.
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We turn the Cube and it twists us.
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I was somewhat out of place among my classmates; I could not be as bohemian as they were.
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I don't want to say too many words about the magic of the Cube, because it's basically a mystery. It's like the Mona Lisa smile. It's both complex and very simple at the same time. And, well, people like it. Even today.
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If you are not able to do something, that is true for the present, not for the future. All the time there's a chance to go a step further. Not to be frustrated.
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I'm still the same person, thinking the same way, so it's possible I will invent something.
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Yes, but with the Cube there are many flashes, there are many aha's.
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I love the simplicity of the Cube because it's a very clear geometrical shape, and I love geometry because it's the study of how the whole universe is structured.
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If you are curious, you'll find the puzzles around you. If you are determined, you will solve them.
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The Cube is approximately - it's around the same age as the Internet, and in that time, we had no personal computers yet.
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Once I completed the Cube and demonstrated it to my students, I realized it was nearly impossible to put down.
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The Cube can seem alive as it heats up in your hand. The fact that each face of the Cube is made of three layers of three blocks has an important meaning.
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The Cube is, at the same time, a symbol of simplicity and complexity.
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I was searching for a way to demonstrate 3D movement to my students and one day found myself staring into the River Danube, looking at how the water moved around the pebbles. This became the inspiration for the cube's twisting mechanism. The fact that it can do this without falling apart is part of its magic.
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I am really not a speedcuber. My best time when I was practicing was about a minute. Usually people say if you can create a piano, you must be a good piano player, but it is not true. They are different type of human activities and need different capabilities.
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The Cube was a wonder - a wonder for itself and a wonder for myself. To me, it was much more strange than to anybody else.
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Now, after the Cube, I still don't have any plans to make anything like it.
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Like after a nice walk when you have seen many lovely sights you decide to go home, after a while I decided it was time to go home, let us put the cubes back in order. And it was at that moment that I came face to face with the Big Challenge: What is the way home?
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I feel more like a father to a child: my Cube inspired thousands of 'twisty puzzles,' and I'm amazed how it continues to excite new generations.
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I do not truly consider myself an icon, but the Cube has been quite successful.
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And, not only in Budapest. I worked very closely with a very powerful government organization, which shall remain unidentified, to develop the mass marketed version of the Cube.
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But thanks to my invention, my capitalist friends and I were able to bring the government to its knees.
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I'm glad the Cube is reaching new generations, who face it with fresh wonder, curiosity and enthusiasm.
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It was tremendously satisfying to watch this color parade.