John Maeda Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Anyone with a computer and a design program can create a page layout. But unless you're trained in design, it won't look very good and it won't communicate very well.”

“Apple products aren't simple technologies by any stretch, but there is a beautiful simplicity to them.”

“I don't really love computers.”

“I have a confession: I'm not a man of simplicity. I spent my entire early career making complex stuff. Lots of complex stuff.”

“Information is expanding daily. How to get it out visually is important.”

“With regard to what is designed really well, I think people are the best-designed objects in the world. Seriously.”

“Growing up, I found I was good at two things: Art and Math. To hear my parents say it, though, it was only, 'John is good at Math.'”

“In the '70s and '80s there was an attempt in K-12 to teach science through art or art through science. The challenge today is how do you build the ethos of art and design into the academy of science.”

“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.”

“We seem to forget that innovation doesn't just come from equations or new kinds of chemicals, it comes from a human place. Innovation in the sciences is always linked in some way, either directly or indirectly, to a human experience.”