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Design is a solution to a problem. Art is a question to a problem.
John Maeda
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John Maeda
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: January 1
Computer Scientist
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University Teacher
Seattle
Washington
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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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If you have no fear, no one has power over you.
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