147 Quotes by Nicholas Negroponte

Good education has got to be good entertainment.

Incrementalism is innovation's worst enemy.

The notion of collective contribution, like the Wikipedia, is a very powerful one.

What's the difference between obsolete and cutting edge? Obsolete works.

[Industrial design in 50 years] will be less about looks and more about personality of artifacts.

Very often kids don't ask questions in class because they don't want to be seen asking a question.

While a significant part of learning certain comes from teaching - but good teaching and by good teachers - a major measure comes from exploration, from reinventing the wheel and finding out for oneself.

The cost of electronics in a modern car now exceeds the cost of its stall.

The best way to guarantee a steady stream of new ideas is to make sure that each person in your organization is as different as possible from the others. Under these conditions, and only these conditions, will people maintain varied perspectives and demonstrate their knowledge in different ways.