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Simplicity and complexity need each other.


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Our economy is built upon convergent thinkers, people that execute things, get them done. But artists and designers are divergent thinkers: they expand the horizon of possibilities.

Our economy is built upon convergent thinkers, people that execute things, get them done. But artists and designers are divergent thinkers: they expand the horizon of possibilities.



When people say, 'I don't get art' ... that means art is working.

When people say, 'I don't get art' ... that means art is working.



Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful.

Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful.



Design is a solution to a problem. Art is a question to a problem.

Design is a solution to a problem. Art is a question to a problem.



Too little confidence, and you're unable to act; too much confidence, and you're unable to hear.

Too little confidence, and you're unable to act; too much confidence, and you're unable to hear.



Creativity's about ownership.

Creativity's about ownership.



The problem isn't how to make the world more technological. It's about how to make the world more humane again.

The problem isn't how to make the world more technological. It's about how to make the world more humane again.



If you are going to have less things, they have to be great things.

If you are going to have less things, they have to be great things.



Skill in the digital age is confused with mastery of digital tools, masking the importance of understanding materials and mastering the elements of form.

Skill in the digital age is confused with mastery of digital tools, masking the importance of understanding materials and mastering the elements of form.



All I want to be is, someone that makes, new things and, thinks about them.

All I want to be is, someone that makes, new things and, thinks about them.





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Before you blame others for their wrongdoings, make sure you've achieved something worthwhile in the society or in someone's life.



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The 1947 Court (Everson v. Board of Education) for the first time had used only Jefferson's metaphor - completely divorced from its context and intent.



Keep in mind the challenging fact that your aim is not to get ahead of others, but to surpass yourself; to begin today to be the person you want to be.

Keep in mind the challenging fact that your aim is not to get ahead of others, but to surpass yourself; to begin today to be the person you want to be.



I can count on one hand the number of people who wrote me a thank you letter after having an interview, and I gave almost all of them a job.

I can count on one hand the number of people who wrote me a thank you letter after having an interview, and I gave almost all of them a job.



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I also believe that at a critical point (more than six people?), that collective wisdom turns into group think.



In order to teach you, I must know you.

In order to teach you, I must know you.



I've crossed lines of word and wire and both have cut me deep. I've been frozen out and I've been on fire, and the tears are mine to weep.

I've crossed lines of word and wire and both have cut me deep. I've been frozen out and I've been on fire, and the tears are mine to weep.



There are two kinds of actors: those with one job too few, who have to take every one that comes along, and those with one job too many, who can always turn down the one they don't want.

There are two kinds of actors: those with one job too few, who have to take every one that comes along, and those with one job too many, who can always turn down the one they don't want.



Every man has a day in his life when nobody can defeat him.

Every man has a day in his life when nobody can defeat him.



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Transnational terrorism, in the form of the Salafi Jihadist movement, is fundamentally a function of globalization.




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