Erno Rubik Quotations

The Cube is an imitation of life itself - or even an improvement on life.

We turn the Cube and it twists us.

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

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

It was tremendously satisfying to watch this color parade.

Now, after the Cube, I still don't have any plans to make anything like it.

I wanted nothing else than to make the object as perfect as possible.

I do not truly consider myself an icon, but the Cube has been quite successful.

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?

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

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.

But thanks to my invention, my capitalist friends and I were able to bring the government to its knees.

I did not plan to make the Cube.

I was somewhat out of place among my classmates; I could not be as bohemian as they were.

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

I want to try to keep my life the same.

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

Usually we are saying only part of the truth.

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

This was such an extraordinary situation that I simply could not accept it.

Yes, but with the Cube there are many flashes, there are many aha's.

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.

Once I completed the Cube and demonstrated it to my students, I realized it was nearly impossible to put down.

For me, the number three seems to have a particular significance, relevant in some strange ways to the relation between man and nature.

The problems of puzzles are very near the problems of life, our whole life is solving puzzles. If you are hungry, you have to find something to eat. But everyday problems are very mixed - they're not clear. The Cube's problem depends just on you. You can solve it independently. But to find happiness in life, you're not independent. That's the only big difference.

The number three seems to have a particular significance, relevant in some strange ways to the relation between man and nature.

I'm glad the Cube is reaching new generations, who face it with fresh wonder, curiosity and enthusiasm.

Our whole life is solving puzzles.

If you are curious, you'll find the puzzles around you. If you are determined, you will solve them.