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Erno Rubik [1944-0] Hungarian

Rank: 101
Inventor

Ernő Rubik is a Hungarian inventor, architect and professor of architecture. He is best known for the invention of mechanical puzzles including Rubik's Cube, Rubik's Magic, Rubik's Magic: Master Edition, and Rubik's Snake.

Communication, Government, Home

Quote	Tags	Rank
But thanks to my invention, my capitalist friends and I were able to bring the government to its knees.	Government	101
We turn the Cube and it twists us.		102
The problems of puzzles are very near the problems of life.		103
Our whole life is solving puzzles.		104
A good puzzle, it's a fair thing. Nobody is lying. It's very clear, and the problem depends just on you.		105
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.		106
I've always been passionate about geometry and the study of three-dimensional forms.		107
It was tremendously satisfying to watch this color parade.		108
I wanted nothing else than to make the object as perfect as possible.		109
Now, after the Cube, I still don't have any plans to make anything like it.		110
The Cube is an imitation of life itself - or even an improvement on life.		111
I do not truly consider myself an icon, but the Cube has been quite successful.		112
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?	Home	113
Usually we are saying only part of the truth.		114
I was somewhat out of place among my classmates; I could not be as bohemian as they were.		115
But for me, it was a code I myself had invented! Yet I could not read it.		116
I did not plan to make the Cube.		117
In my teaching, I enjoyed creating models to clearly communicate my thoughts.	Communication	118
I want to try to keep my life the same.		119
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.		120
This was such an extraordinary situation that I simply could not accept it.		121
I'm still the same person, thinking the same way, so it's possible I will invent something.		122
Yes, but with the Cube there are many flashes, there are many aha's.		123
Once I completed the Cube and demonstrated it to my students, I realized it was nearly impossible to put down.		124

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