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John Maeda Quotes

Art is a conduit toward human needs and perception Picture Quote #1

If you have no fear, no one has power over you Picture Quote #1

Design is a solution to a problem. Art is a question to a problem Picture Quote #1

Design provides solutions, art asks questions Picture Quote #1

When people say, ‘I don’t get art’ ... that means art is working Picture Quote #1

Technological advances have always been driven more by a mind-set of ‘I can’ than ‘I should’ Technologists love to cram maximum functionality into their products. That’s ‘I can’ thinking, which is driven by peer competition and market forces But this approach ignores the far more important question of how the consumer will actually use the device focus on what we should be doing, not just what we can Picture Quote #1

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No place in the US better exemplifies the ethos to engineer new digital technologies than Silicon Valley Picture Quote #1

In the 70s and 80s there was an attempt in K-12 to teach science through art or art through science. The challenge today is how do you build the ethos of art and design into the academy of science Picture Quote #1

There is a construct in computer programming called ‘the infinite loop’ which enables a computer to do what no other physical machine can do - to operate in perpetuity without tiring. In the same way it doesn’t know exhaustion, it doesn’t know when it’s wrong and it can keep doing the wrong thing over and over without tiring Picture Quote #1

Apple products aren’t simple technologies by any stretch, but there is a beautiful simplicity to them Picture Quote #1

Artists change how we see the world - and that can have value in the way people do business Picture Quote #1

Videogames are indeed design: They’re sophisticated virtual machines that echo the mechanical systems inside cars Picture Quote #1

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Anyone with a computer and a design program can create a page layout. But unless you’re trained in design, it won’t look very good and it won’t communicate very well Picture Quote #1

Teaching is the rare profession where the customer isn’t always right and needs to be told so appropriately Picture Quote #1

I like stuff designed by dead people. The old designers. They always got it right because they didn’t have to grow up with computers. All of the people that made the spoon and the dishes and the vacuum cleaner didn’t have microprocessors and stuff. You could do a good design back then Picture Quote #1

I have a confession: I’m not a man of simplicity. I spent my entire early career making complex stuff. Lots of complex stuff Picture Quote #1

As a genre, videogames take our minds on journeys, and we can control and experience them much more interactively than passively - especially when they are well-designed Picture Quote #1

If you are going to have less things, they have to be great things Picture Quote #1

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The artist needs to understand the truth that lies at the bottom of an enigma Picture Quote #1

Research universities need excellent means to communicate and express their results to regular people Picture Quote #1

Information is expanding daily. How to get it out visually is important Picture Quote #1

I don’t really love computers Picture Quote #1

All I want to be is, someone that makes, new things and, thinks about them Picture Quote #1

Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful Picture Quote #1

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All artists yearn to struggle, when they struggle they know they’re alive Picture Quote #1

Technology makes possibilities. Design makes solutions. Art makes questions. Leadership makes actions Picture Quote #1

Organization makes a system of many appear fewer Picture Quote #1

Simplicity and complexity need each other Picture Quote #1

Communication in every which way is everything for the leader Picture Quote #1

When you’re younger, think less and do more; when you’re older, do less and think more Picture Quote #1

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Art is a conduit toward human needs and perception (John Maeda Quotes) If you have no fear, no one has power over you (John Maeda Quotes) Design is a solution to a problem. Art is a question to a problem (John Maeda Quotes) Design provides solutions, art asks questions (John Maeda Quotes) When people say, ‘I don’t get art’ ... that means art is working. (John Maeda Quotes) Technological advances have always been driven more by a mind-set of ‘I can’ than ‘I should’ Technologists love to cram maximum functionality into their products. That’s ‘I can’ thinking, which is driven by peer competition and market forces But this approach ignores the far more important question of how the consumer will actually use the device focus on what we should be doing, not just what we can (John Maeda Quotes) No place in the US better exemplifies the ethos to engineer new digital technologies than Silicon Valley (John Maeda Quotes) In the 70s and 80s there was an attempt in K-12 to teach science through art or art through science. The challenge today is how do you build the ethos of art and design into the academy of science (John Maeda Quotes) There is a construct in computer programming called ‘the infinite loop’ which enables a computer to do what no other physical machine can do - to operate in perpetuity without tiring. In the same way it doesn’t know exhaustion, it doesn’t know when it’s wrong and it can keep doing the wrong thing over and over without tiring (John Maeda Quotes) Apple products aren’t simple technologies by any stretch, but there is a beautiful simplicity to them. (John Maeda Quotes) Artists change how we see the world - and that can have value in the way people do business (John Maeda Quotes) Videogames are indeed design: They’re sophisticated virtual machines that echo the mechanical systems inside cars. (John Maeda Quotes) Anyone with a computer and a design program can create a page layout. But unless you’re trained in design, it won’t look very good and it won’t communicate very well. (John Maeda Quotes) Teaching is the rare profession where the customer isn’t always right and needs to be told so appropriately. (John Maeda Quotes) I like stuff designed by dead people. The old designers. They always got it right because they didn’t have to grow up with computers. All of the people that made the spoon and the dishes and the vacuum cleaner didn’t have microprocessors and stuff. You could do a good design back then. (John Maeda Quotes) I have a confession: I’m not a man of simplicity. I spent my entire early career making complex stuff. Lots of complex stuff. (John Maeda Quotes) As a genre, videogames take our minds on journeys, and we can control and experience them much more interactively than passively - especially when they are well-designed. (John Maeda Quotes) If you are going to have less things, they have to be great things (John Maeda Quotes) The artist needs to understand the truth that lies at the bottom of an enigma (John Maeda Quotes) Research universities need excellent means to communicate and express their results to regular people (John Maeda Quotes) Information is expanding daily. How to get it out visually is important (John Maeda Quotes) I don’t really love computers (John Maeda Quotes) All I want to be is, someone that makes, new things and, thinks about them (John Maeda Quotes) Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful (John Maeda Quotes) All artists yearn to struggle, when they struggle they know they’re alive (John Maeda Quotes) Technology makes possibilities. Design makes solutions. Art makes questions. Leadership makes actions (John Maeda Quotes) Organization makes a system of many appear fewer (John Maeda Quotes) Simplicity and complexity need each other (John Maeda Quotes) Communication in every which way is everything for the leader (John Maeda Quotes) When you’re younger, think less and do more; when you’re older, do less and think more (John Maeda Quotes)

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