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The Cube is, at the same time...

The Cube is, at the same time, a symbol of simplicity and complexity.

Erno Rubik 19 quotes

But for me, it was a code I m...

But for me, it was a code I myself had invented! Yet I could not read it.

Erno Rubik 19 quotes

I am really not a speedcuber....

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.

Erno Rubik 19 quotes

I love the simplicity of the ...

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.

Erno Rubik 19 quotes

And, not only in Budapest. I ...

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.

Erno Rubik 19 quotes

I think creativity is a capab...

I think creativity is a capability of human being. When we're born, we're - all of us has this capability. But part of us forget to use it.

Erno Rubik 19 quotes

I'm wondering how people are ...

I'm wondering how people are so creative, and how many things were born out of and inspired by the Cube.

Erno Rubik 19 quotes

If you are not able to do som...

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.

Erno Rubik 19 quotes

The Cube is approximately - i...

The Cube is approximately - it's around the same age as the Internet, and in that time, we had no personal computers yet.

Erno Rubik 19 quotes

I'm still the same person, th...

I'm still the same person, thinking the same way, so it's possible I will invent something.

Erno Rubik 19 quotes

I don't want to say too many ...

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.

Erno Rubik 19 quotes

If you find a solution with t...

If you find a solution with the Cube, it doesn't mean you find everything. It's only a starting point. You can work on and find something else: you can improve your solution, you can make it shorter, you can go deeper and deeper and collect knowledge and many other things.

Erno Rubik 19 quotes

In my teaching, I enjoyed cre...

In my teaching, I enjoyed creating models to clearly communicate my thoughts.

Erno Rubik 19 quotes

Complex things, if you don't ...

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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The problems of puzzles are v...

The problems of puzzles are very near the problems of life.

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A good puzzle, it's a fair th...

A good puzzle, it's a fair thing. Nobody is lying. It's very clear, and the problem depends just on you.

Erno Rubik 19 quotes

The Cube was a wonder - a won...

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.

Erno Rubik 19 quotes

If you have many children, th...

If you have many children, the first one is always different because you can only have one child who is the first. They have different natures and talents for you to love.

Erno Rubik 19 quotes

In the mid-1970s, I was teach...

In the mid-1970s, I was teaching design at the Academy of Applied Arts in Budapest.

Erno Rubik 19 quotes

I've always been passionate a...

I've always been passionate about geometry and the study of three-dimensional forms.

Erno Rubik 19 quotes

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