"Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful."

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Source : Twitter post from Nov 17, 2013

John Maeda

#Meaningful Quotes #Simplicity Quotes #Design Quotes

“I was a Political Science major.”
“It seems to me that the contrast between adjacent syllables has lessened and the result is an over-reliance on enjambment. Now enjambment is a fine, intellectually strong aid, but like all such things it becomes tiresome and calls too much attention to itself.”
“Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptune.”
“Mads Mikkelsen’s acting is very subtle, precise, nuanced, so he brings something completely different to the character. If you compare Mads’ Hannibal to Anthony Hopkins’ for example. Not to mention that Mads Mikkelsen is very handsome and sexy, so he brings that to the character as well.”
“First guitars tend to be like first loves: ill-chosen, unsuitable, short-lived and unforgettable.”

Source : Tim Brookes (2007). “Guitar: An American Life”, p.7, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“It seems to me that, in every culture, I come across a chapter headed 'Wisdom.' And then I know exactly what is going to follow: 'Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'”
“Sometimes you have to win ugly.”
“...how do you run and play when you feel like there are bricks of the heaviest sadness weighing down every part of your body? How do you laugh and talk when there are no laughs left inside of you?”

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