"Good designers must always be avant-gardists, always one step ahead of the times. They should â€“ and must â€“ question everything generally thought to be obvious. They must have an intuition for peopleâ€™s changing attitudes. For the reality in which they live, for their dreams, their desires, their worries, their needs, their living habits. They must also be able to assess realistically the opportunities and bounds of technology."

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Source : "Dieter Rams/ Profile". designmuseum.org.

Dieter Rams

#Dream Quotes #Attitude Quotes #Reality Quotes

“When I was a kid, I was into psychological thrillers. When I was 12, my favorite movie was 'Thirteen.' I just really liked movies that showed an extreme range in acting. That's what made me want to become an actress.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“In my opinion, using creation and evolution as topics for critical-thinking exercises in primary and secondary schools is virtually guaranteed to confuse students about evolution and may lead them to reject one of the major themes in science.”
“Gold begets in brethren hate; Gold in families debate; Gold does friendship separate; Gold does civil wars create.”

Source : Abraham Cowley (1721). “([2], lxviii, 372 p.)”, p.44
“I can heal a broken heart with a smile.”
“Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in a sense, against actuality.”
“I suppose that's the European way, dangerous and hairy.”

Source : Interview with Dan Epstein, suicidegirls.com. February 15, 2003.
“It is time to recognize conventional MBA programs for what they are - or else to close them down. They are specialized training in the functions of business, not general educating in the practice of management.”
“A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.”

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

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