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Love your experiments (as you would an ugly child). Joy is the engine of growth. Exploit the liberty in casting your work as beautiful experiments, iterations, attempts, trials, and errors. Take the long view and allow yourself the fun of failure every day.

Bruce Mau

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Bruce Mau
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 25
Designer
Graphic Designer
Scenographer
city of Sudbury
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Ugly
Exploits
Love
Child
Allow
Engine
Beautiful
Failure
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Take
View
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