"I'm proud of my invention, but I'm sad that it is used by terrorists. … I would prefer to have invented a machine tha…"

"I sleep well. It's the politicians who are to blame for failing to come to an agreement and resorting to violence."

"Blame the Nazi Germans for making me become a gun designer … I always wanted to construct agriculture machinery."

"Whenever I look at TV and I see the weapon I invented to defend my motherland in the hands of these bin Ladens, I ask…"

"Before attempting to create something new, it is vital to have a good appreciation of everything that already exists …"

"I was in the hospital, and a soldier in the bed beside me asked: "Why do our soldiers have only one rifle for two or …"

"You see, maybe all these feelings come about because one side wants to liberate itself with arms. But in my opinion, …"

"My aim was to create armaments to protect the borders of my motherland. It is not my fault that the Kalashnikov becam…"

"Kalashnikov had already distinguished himself by inventing a device that counted the shells a tank had fired and now,…"

"Design is rarely art because design, when all is said and done, exists purely to make money. And yet the AK was never…"