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Erno Rubik
Hungarian
Inventor
Born:
Jul 13
,
1944
Cube
Life
Myself
People
Time
You
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If you are curious, you'll find the puzzles around you. If you are determined, you will solve them.
Erno Rubik
You
Will
Find
Solve
Determined
Puzzles
Around
Curious
Them
The Cube is, at the same time, a symbol of simplicity and complexity.
Erno Rubik
Time
Simplicity
Complexity
Cube
Same
Same Time
Symbol
I was somewhat out of place among my classmates; I could not be as bohemian as they were.
Erno Rubik
Out
Classmates
Somewhat
Could
Were
Place
Bohemian
Among
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
Work
Knowledge
You
Other
Else
Everything
Collect
Solution
Find
Something
Something Else
Only
Point
Make
Cube
Go
Improve
Mean
Your
Many
Deeper
Things
Starting
Starting Point
When you are studying from a book, lots of people go straight to the end to look for the answers. But that's not my style. For me, the most enjoyable part is the puzzle, the process of solving, not the solution itself.
Erno Rubik
Me
You
Book
People
Style
Solution
Solving
Part
Puzzle
Studying
Look
Most
Answers
Go
Lots
End
Itself
Process
Straight
Enjoyable
The Cube is an imitation of life itself - or even an improvement on life.
Erno Rubik
Life
Imitation
Cube
Itself
Improvement
Even
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
Creativity
Human Being
Think
Born
Part
Forget
Human
Being
Capability
Us
Use
It was tremendously satisfying to watch this color parade.
Erno Rubik
Tremendously
Parade
Color
Satisfying
Watch
The problems of puzzles are very near the problems of life.
Erno Rubik
Life
Problems
Puzzles
Very
Near
Once I completed the Cube and demonstrated it to my students, I realized it was nearly impossible to put down.
Erno Rubik
Impossible
Down
Once
Completed
Students
Put
Cube
Realized
Nearly
Our whole life is solving puzzles.
Erno Rubik
Life
Our
Solving
Puzzles
Whole
I'm wondering how people are so creative, and how many things were born out of and inspired by the Cube.
Erno Rubik
Creative
People
Out
Born
Inspired
Cube
How
Were
Wondering
Many
Things
In my teaching, I enjoyed creating models to clearly communicate my thoughts.
Erno Rubik
Thoughts
Communication
Communicate
Clearly
Models
Creating
Teaching
Enjoyed
I did not plan to make the Cube.
Erno Rubik
Make
Cube
Did
Plan
Throughout history, people have enjoyed playing both silly and clever games.
Erno Rubik
History
People
Clever
Silly
Both
Throughout
Games
Enjoyed
Playing
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
Today
Smile
Time
People
Words
Simple
Too
Say
Complex
Magic
About
Both
Mystery
Like
Well
Because
Cube
Very
Same
Same Time
Want
Many
Even
Mona
Basically
But thanks to my invention, my capitalist friends and I were able to bring the government to its knees.
Erno Rubik
Government
Invention
Thanks
Able
Knees
Were
Friends
Capitalist
Bring
Now, after the Cube, I still don't have any plans to make anything like it.
Erno Rubik
Like
Make
Cube
Still
Any
After
Anything
Plans
Now
I'm still the same person, thinking the same way, so it's possible I will invent something.
Erno Rubik
Will
Invent
Thinking
Way
Possible
Something
Still
Person
Same
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
Time
Best
Good
You
People
Type
Say
Must
Best Time
People Say
Minute
About
Piano
Piano Player
True
Practicing
Am
Human
Different
Capabilities
Create
Really
Different Type
Activities
Player
Need
I've always been passionate about geometry and the study of three-dimensional forms.
Erno Rubik
Three-Dimensional
About
Study
Always
Geometry
Passionate
Been
Forms
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
Government
Organization
Only
Shall
Remain
Develop
Budapest
Powerful
Mass
Cube
Version
Very
Closely
Which
Unidentified
Worked
Usually we are saying only part of the truth.
Erno Rubik
Truth
Saying
Only
Part
I wanted nothing else than to make the object as perfect as possible.
Erno Rubik
Nothing
Else
Possible
Object
Perfect
Make
Than
Wanted
Yes, but with the Cube there are many flashes, there are many aha's.
Erno Rubik
Cube
Yes
Flashes
Many
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.
Erno Rubik
Made
Face
Three
Important
Alive
Seem
Fact
Layers
Cube
Blocks
Hand
Up
Meaning
Your
Each
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