99 Quotes by John Maeda

All I want to be is, someone that makes, new things and, thinks about them.

Good problem-seekers are in higher demand than good problem-solvers.

The best designers in the world all squint when they look at something. They squint to see the forest from the trees - to find the right balance. Squint at the world. You will see more, by seeing less.

Too little confidence, and you're unable to act; too much confidence, and you're unable to hear.

The problem isn't how to make the world more technological. It's about how to make the world more humane again.

Simplicity and complexity need each other.

Design is a solution to a problem. Art is a question to a problem.

What’s next for technology and design? A lot less thinking about technology for technology’s sake, and a lot more thinking about design. Art humanizes technology and makes it understandable. Design is needed to make sense of information overload. It is why art and design will rise in importance during this century as we try to make sense of all the possibilities that digital technology now affords.

When people say, 'I don't get art' ... that means art is working.