Eric Yuan Quotes

I'm an engineer by training.

I wanted to be an engineer.

I'm actually an engineer.

Studying engineering was natural for me; I was always interested in technology and building things.

I'm an engineer. I'm a techie, really.

Don't ask me to put up a shelf, but I love engineering.

I liked to work in a shop down in the basement and invent things and build gadgets.

Tech, in the sense of... putting things together, that goes back beyond memory for me.

Technical people tend to be more 'techie,' and management people are more 'managerial.'

I got no thrill from solving an integral equation, but I did get a thrill from building an exotic piece of equipment that worked.

I'm an engineer by trade, and what engineers do is they go and build, and they don't think a lot about storytelling.

I am an engineer, not just an architect, so I've always been motivated by technique or technology. As soon as technology moves just a little bit, it changes architecture.

I liked the challenge of designing and building things, figuring out how something works and how to make it better or apply it in a different way.

Problem-solving is essential to engineering. Engineers are constantly on the lookout for a better way to do things.

Engineering is a great profession. There is the satisfaction of watching a figment of the imagination emerge through the aid of science to a plan on paper. Then it moves to realization in stone or metal or energy. Then it brings homes to men or women. Then it elevates the standard of living and adds to the comforts of life. This is the engineer's high privilege.

I love working with technology because it allows me to follow my imagination and to invent new things.

I'm not a designer, I'm an inventor.

I like building.

I have always been fascinated by the way things work and how they came to take the form that they did. Writing about these things satisfies my curiosity about the made world while at the same time giving me an opportunity to design a new explanation for the processes that shape it.

I'm an inventor.

If, early on, you know how things are put together, then you can build. The architect is in charge of making - he is not an artist.

My training and my inclination is to invent.

Design and technology should be the subject where mathematical brainboxes and science whizzkids turn their bright ideas into useful products.

For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated by things large and small. I wanted to know what made my watch tick, my radio play, and my house stand. I wanted to know who invented the bottle cap and who designed the bridge. I guess from early on I wanted to be an engineer.

At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a noble profession.