All John Maeda Quotes
- If there were a prerequisite for the future successful digital creative, it would be the passion for discovery. Creative
- Skill in the digital age is confused with mastery of digital tools, masking the importance of understanding materials and mastering the elements of form. Age
- When people say, 'I don't get art' ... that means art is working. Art
- All artists yearn to struggle, when they struggle they know they're alive. Alive
- We seem to forget that innovation doesn't just come from equations or new kinds of chemicals, it comes from a human place. Innovation in the… Always Linked
- Organization makes a system of many appear fewer. Appear
- The simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction. Achieve
- Art is a conduit toward human needs and perception, Art
- 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.… Actually Use
- What’s next for technology and design? A lot less thinking about technology for technology’s sake, and a lot more thinking about design. Art humanizes technology… Affords
- Really great products, like @nest, have #design baked in from the beginning instead of slapped on at the end. Baked
- The best designers in the world all squint when they look at something. They squint to see the forest from the trees - to find… All
- Too little confidence, and you're unable to act; too much confidence, and you're unable to hear. Act
- Simplicity and complexity need each other. Complexity
- Things that I can do myself, I either do by myself, or teach a willing undergraduate who doesn't know how to do those things by… Design
- Teaching is the rare profession where the customer isn't always right and needs to be told so appropriately. Always Right
- The difference between closing or opening your eyes is the choice between the imagined vs real. Blinking is only human. Blinking
- Communication in every which way is everything for the leader. Communication
- When you're younger, think less and do more; when you're older, do less and think more. Funny
- How do we slow down what matters the most and speed up what benefits change and progress? We don't want to impede progress, but we… Benefits
- A designer is someone who constructs while he thinks, someone for whom planning and making go together. Constructs
- Good problem-seekers are in higher demand than good problem-solvers. Demand
- Design is about crafting an experience that is unfamiliar enough to feel novel, yet familiar enough to instill confidence. Confidence
- No place in the US better exemplifies the ethos to engineer new digital technologies than Silicon Valley Better
- Technology makes possibilities. Design makes solutions. Art makes questions. Leadership makes actions. Action