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John Maeda
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: January 1
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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.
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Too little confidence, and you're unable to act too much confidence, and you're unable to hear.
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My role is to find strategic insights as to where design can have the most business impact. A designer can bring a viewpoint of not just aesthetics, but economics and usage.
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I don't like creating software anymore. It's too exact. It's like karate there's no room for error.
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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.
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Art is a conduit toward human needs and perception.
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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 sciences is always linked in some way, either directly or indirectly, to a human experience.
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I have a confession: I'm not a man of simplicity. I spent my entire early career making complex stuff. Lots of complex stuff.
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Skill in the digital age is confused with mastery of digital tools, masking the importance of understanding materials and mastering the elements of form.
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When you're younger, think less and do more when you're older, do less and think more.
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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 doing it for me. Things that I can't do myself, my graduate students should be doing.
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Organization makes a system of many appear fewer.
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Creativity's about ownership.
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The artist needs to understand the truth that lies at the bottom of an enigma.
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The problem isn't how to make the world more technological. It's about how to make the world more humane again.
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Growing up, I found I was good at two things: Art and Math. To hear my parents say it, though, it was only, 'John is good at Math.
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With regard to what is designed really well, I think people are the best-designed objects in the world. Seriously.
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If you have no fear, no one has power over you.
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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 are seeking reconnection to ourselves, to each other, and with the world.
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