"I've been amazed at how often those outside the discipline of design assume that what designers do is decoration. Good design is problem solving."

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Source : Jeffrey Veen (2001). “The Art & Science of Web Design”, New Riders Pub

Jeffrey Veen

#Discipline Quotes #Design Quotes #Assuming Quotes

“What happened in the past that was painful has a great deal to do with what we are today, but revisiting this painful past can contribute little or nothing to what we need to do now.”
“I have one computer that my wife gave me. All I know how to do, and I do it every day, is play Spider Solitaire. And I don't have a cell phone.”
“Weâ€™re so rarely called on to be Christians, but when we are, weâ€™ve got men like Atticus to go for us.”
“You want a showman, go see rock 'n' roll bands today. You want to have a shamanistic experience, get psychedelic, then you watch The Doors.”
“The difference of human being behind the guy on the page is in writing, I'm no longer conscious of personal repercussions because for that moment they don't exist. At times, I tell myself, Well, I can always go back and change that or take it out, and I find out that I rarely do. Couple little things here and there: Do unto others. Be a good scout. With all the ironies that entails, I go by that. That's a good way to live.”

Source : Source: www.esquire.com
“Violent people usually express their love of a thing by their hatred of its opposite.”
“Memo to extreme partisans: If you can't bring yourselves to love your enemies, can you at least learn to hate your friends?”
“The basic scientific conclusions on climate change are very robust and for good reason. The greenhouse effect is simple science: greenhouse gases trap heat, and humans are emitting ever more greenhouse gases.”

Source : Nicholas Stern (2009). “The Global Deal: Climate Change and the Creation of a New Era of Progress and Prosperity”, p.33, PublicAffairs

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