“If you try to impose a rigid discipline while teaching a child or a chimp you are working against the boundless curiosity and need for relaxed play that make learning possible in the first place... learning cannot be controlled; it is out of control by design. Learning emerges spontaneously, it proceeds in an individualistic and unpredictable way, and it achieves its goal in its own good time. Once triggered, learning will not stop--unless it is hijacked by conditioning.” IfsWayNeedsTryingFirstsChildrenPlayGoalTeachingAchieveDesignDisciplineCuriosityGood TimesControlledUnpredictableRelaxedConditioningBoundlessIndividualistic Author:Roger Fouts
“The conscious principle in this design has been to achieve forms that could create experiences, and that could at the same time welcome everyone's experiences with the serenity of an effortless development.” Has BeensFormPrinciplesAchieveDesignDevelopmentConsciousWelcomeSerenityEffortless Book:Gae Aulenti Source: Gae Aulenti
“I don't think he (Joseph Albers, fh) ever realized that it was his discipline that I came for. Besides, my response to what I learned from him was just the opposite of what he intended.. ..I was very hesitant about arbitrarily designing forms and selecting colors that would achieve some predetermined result, because I didn't have any ideas to support that sort of thing - I didn't want color to serve me, in other words.” ThinkingWantIdeasFormResultsSupportAchieveDesignColorDisciplineOppositesResponsePredeterminedHesitant Author:Robert Rauschenberg
“...Simplifications have had a much greater long-range scientific impact than individual feats of ingenuity. The opportunity for simplification is very encouraging, because in all examples that come to mind the simple and elegant systems tend to be easier and faster to design and get right, more efficient in execution, and much more reliable than the more contrived contraptions that have to be debugged into some degree of acceptability....Simplicity and elegance are unpopular because they require hard work and discipline to achieve and education to be appreciated.” MindLongHardOpportunityIndividualSimpleGreaterAchieveExampleDesignHard WorkDisciplineEasierDegreesImpactSimplicityFasterRangeEfficientExecutionElegantAppreciatedEleganceIngenuityFeatsSimplificationSimplicity And Elegance Author:Edsger Dijkstra
“It's easy to make something with a million style-lines. Simplicity is the most difficult thing to achieve, and that's how I approach design - very minimal, pare it down, perfect.” EasyDifficultLinesPerfectMillionsAchieveStyleDesignApproachSimplicityDifficult Things Author:Keith Michael
“Because it is a national landmark, there is only one way to judge the Kennedy Center - against the established standard of progressive and innovative excellence in architectural design that this country is known and admired for internationally. Unfortunately, the Kennedy Center not only does not achieve this standard of innovative excellence; it also did not seek it. The architect opted for something ambiguously called 'timelessness' and produced meaninglessness. It is to the Washington manner born. Too bad, since there is so much of it.” WayDoeCountryBornKnownAchieveDesignJudgingStandardsExcellenceArchitectureOne WayProgressiveArchitectInnovativeMeaninglessnessLandmarksTimelessnessArchitectural Design Book:On Architecture: Collected Reflections on a Century of Change Source: On Architecture: Collected Reflections on a Century of Change
“Good restaurant design is about achieving equilibrium between the food, service, and design - in effect, telling a complete story.” StoriesAchieveEffectsDesignRestaurantsEquilibriumFood Service Author:David Rockwell
“When we invest in the things that matter most to us, that are within God's unique design for each of us, I believe we will achieve a sense of balance in our lives.” BelieveMatterI BelieveOur LivesAchieveDesignBalanceUniqueThings That Matter Author:Candace Cameron
“Law is justice. And it is under the law of justice - under the reign of right; under the influence of liberty, safety, stability, and responsibility - that every person will attain his real worth and the true dignity of his being. It is only under this law of justice that mankind will achieve - slowly, no doubt, but certainly - God's design for the orderly and peaceful progress of humanity.” PersonsRealLawHumanityPeaceJusticeResponsibilityLibertyDoubtProgressInfluenceAchieveMankindDesignDignitySafetyPeacefulNo DoubtStabilityReignOrderly Author:Frederic Bastiat