Erno Rubik
Erno Rubik
Ernő Rubikis 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...
NationalityHungarian
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth13 July 1944
CityBudapest, Hungary
man number particular relation relevant seems strange three ways
For me, the number three seems to have a particular significance, relevant in some strange ways to the relation between man and nature.
jigsaw-puzzles cubes problem
The problems of puzzles are very near the problems of life.
jigsaw-puzzles cubes life-is
Our whole life is solving puzzles.
nice home sight
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?
cubes plans stills
Now, after the Cube, I still don't have any plans to make anything like it.
bohemian classmates
I was somewhat out of place among my classmates; I could not be as bohemian as they were.
cubes plans
I did not plan to make the Cube.
teaching talking creating
In my teaching, I enjoyed creating models to clearly communicate my thoughts.
closely develop government mass remain shall version worked
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.
depends everyday happiness life mixed near problems puzzles solve solving
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.