"One of the most significant design principles is to omit the unimportant in order to emphasize the important."

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Source : François Burkhardt, Inez Franksen, Dieter Rams (1981). “Design: Dieter Rams &”

Dieter Rams

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“If you don't remember history accurately, how can you learn?”
“Sometimes I am convinced there is nothing wrong with this country that couldn't be cured by the magical implantation of ethical standards on us all - leaders and followers. Until that becomes doable, the Center for Public Integrity is just about the best thing we have going for us.”
“I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books.”
“Every book for me is a chapter in the long book which will finally be closed on the day of my death.”
“Over the years, we have lost millions of decent paying jobs. These trade agreements have forced wages down in America so the average worker in America today is working longer hours for lower wages.”
“I saw that e-mail was insidiously invading Phones 4u so I banned it immediately.”

Source : "Firm bans e-mail at work", www.cnn.com. September 19, 2003.
“I just hope when my body goes, or when my mind does, I have the guts to end it the way Hemingway did. I don't want anybody wiping drool off my chin.”
“We all obsess about what we are doing and accomplishing. What if we let it go and simply made the way we live our lives our accomplishment?”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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