The Cube is approximately - it's around the same age as the Internet, and in that time, we had no personal computers yet.Collection: Computers
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.Collection: Smile
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.Collection: Future
But thanks to my invention, my capitalist friends and I were able to bring the government to its knees.Collection: Government
In my teaching, I enjoyed creating models to clearly communicate my thoughts.Collection: Communication
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.Collection: Knowledge
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.
A good puzzle, it's a fair thing. Nobody is lying. It's very clear, and the problem depends just on you.
To solve the Cube, you need special skills and understanding. For example, pattern recognition is very important to solve the Cube.
I was searching for a way to demonstrate 3D movement to my students and one day found myself staring into the River Danube, looking at how the water moved around the pebbles. This became the inspiration for the cube's twisting mechanism. The fact that it can do this without falling apart is part of its magic.
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.
I'm wondering how people are so creative, and how many things were born out of and inspired by the Cube.
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 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.
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.
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.
I feel more like a father to a child: my Cube inspired thousands of 'twisty puzzles,' and I'm amazed how it continues to excite new generations.
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.
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.
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.
Once I completed the Cube and demonstrated it to my students, I realized it was nearly impossible to put down.
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.
I'm glad the Cube is reaching new generations, who face it with fresh wonder, curiosity and enthusiasm.Collection: Curiosity