"When design springs from an understanding of the people who are going to use a product, you begin to see forms that you would never have imagined."

-- Niels Diffrient

#Spring Quotes #People Quotes #Design Quotes

“Right after the Civil War there was considerable talk about reviving Lincoln's brief experiment with the Constitutional monetary system. Had not the European money-trust intervened, it would have no doubt become an established institution.”
“There are two kinds of imperialists - imperialists and bloody imperialists.”
“We always have a basic structure for a piece of music, but we encourage the musicians to elaborate on whatever they feel at that particular moment. There's a definite conversation happening on stage. I think it is very important for us as creative musicians, to instantaneously describe any energy that is visible at that time.”
“In the 1970s and a lot of the 1980s, we would have thanked our lucky stars in the coalfield areas for growth of 1.75 per cent. The only thing growing then were the lines of coke in front of boy George and the rest of them.”

Source : Dennis Skinner during House of Commons Debates, publications.parliament.uk. December 8, 2005.
“I put my ideas into practice. That may be the reason people hate me.”
“I engaged in behavior which was regrettable and demonstrated bad judgment. I'm 23 years old and despite the successes I've had in the pool, I acted in a youthful and inappropriate way, not in a manner people have come to expect from me. For this, I am sorry. I promise my fans and the public it will not happen again.”
“The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.”
“My comedy is different every time I do it. I don't know what the hell I'm doing.”

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