"The best designers in the world all squint……" — John Maeda
"The best designers in the world all squint when they look at something. They squint to see the forest from the trees - to find the right balance. Squint at the world. You will see more, by seeing less."
—
John Maeda
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
52 Quotes by John Maeda
John Maeda has 52 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
If there were a prerequisite for the future successful digital creative, it would be the passion for discovery.
-
Skill in the digital age is confused with mastery of digital tools, masking the importance of understanding materials and mastering…
-
When people say, 'I don't get art' ... that means art is working.
-
All artists yearn to struggle, when they struggle they know they're alive.
-
We seem to forget that innovation doesn't just come from equations or new kinds of chemicals, it comes from a…
-
Organization makes a system of many appear fewer.
-
The simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction.
-
Art is a conduit toward human needs and perception,
-
Technological advances have always been driven more by a mind-set of 'I can' than 'I should' Technologists love to cram…
-
What’s next for technology and design? A lot less thinking about technology for technology’s sake, and a lot more thinking…
-
Really great products, like @nest, have #design baked in from the beginning instead of slapped on at the end.
-
Too little confidence, and you're unable to act; too much confidence, and you're unable to hear.
See all 52 quotes by John Maeda »
More All Quotes
This quote is filed under All Quotes,
one of 128,558 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally…
— Hannah Arendt
-
No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our…
— Hannah Arendt
-
The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all…
— Hannah Arendt
-
The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes…
— Hannah Arendt
-
Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of…
— Hannah Arendt
-
We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and…
— Hannah Arendt
-
I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is…
— Pietro Aretino
-
We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
-
The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela,…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
-
As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
-
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
— Aristophanes
-
A friend to all is a friend to none.
— Aristotle
See all 128,558 All Quotes »