Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Ray Dolby

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American inventor Ray Dolby.
Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Ray Dolby

Ray Milton Dolby was an American engineer and inventor of the noise reduction system known as Dolby NR. He helped develop the video tape recorder while at Ampex and was the founder of Dolby Laboratories.

I think a lot of developments start with the desire of the developer to get what he really wants so that he can use it. It's not just the technical fascination or the business opportunity.
Inventing is a skill that some people have and some people don't. But you can learn how to invent. — © Ray Dolby
Inventing is a skill that some people have and some people don't. But you can learn how to invent.
You have to have the will not to jump at the first solution, because the really elegant solution might be right around the corner.
To be an inventor, you have to be willing to live with a sense of uncertainty, to work in this darkness and grope towards an answer, to put up with anxiety about whether there is an answer.
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