"Our economy is built upon convergent thinkers, people that execute things, get them done. But artists and designers are divergent thinkers: they expand the horizon of possibilities."

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Source : "John Maeda: Innovation is born when art meets science". Interview with Tom Lamont, www.theguardian.com. November 13, 2010.

John Maeda

#Artist Quotes #People Quotes #Divergent Quotes

“Nixon was a good president on the environment. Gerald Ford was good.”
“It took the producers a while to realize I wanted a full-bodied life. I wanted to get out before I felt I'd sacrificed so much to get somewhere that I couldn't afford to leave.”
“Keep your nose to the grindstone. It sharpens your boogers.”
“If you or me go to the gas station to fill up our car and it costs us much more than we expected, it will zap our discretionary income. We won't have the extra money to buy that washing machine or new winter coat-all big ticket items that are important to economic growth.”
“I could be rude [with the media]. I could pull some of the [Bill] Parcells stuff, but I couldnâ€™t get away with it. I wasnâ€™t Parcells. They make light of it, but theyâ€™re not making light of it with me.”
“My mother really didn't come from artists. Her famous quote to me was, "The only artists I've ever heard of are dead." The pottery classes were meant to be a part of my overall uplift. I knew what it meant to be sent to art classes, but I still didn't know anything about being an artist.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“They will attach you in the morning and they will come booming - skirmishers three deep. You will have to fight like the devil until supports arrive.”
“Coach [Pat] Riley's record speaks for itself. What makes him so special is he is a coach clearly concerned about winning. His whole thinking when he wakes up every day is how can I make this team [ New York Knicks] more focused and going through 82 games during the regular season and the playoffs.”

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