“Studying design has made me a much, much more astute observer of this aspect of business. And I'm working mightily to improve my empathic skills. I've dramatically improved my ability to read facial expressions - and I'm trying to be a better, more attentive listener.” TryingMadeAbilityStudyDesignExpressionSkillsAspectListenersObserversFacialFacial ExpressionAstute Author:Daniel H. Pink
“Airplanes were invented by natural selection. Now you can say that intelligent design designs our airplanes of today, but there was no intelligent design really designing those early airplanes. There were probably at least 30,000 different things tried, and when they crash and kill the pilot, don't try that again.” TryingDifferentTodayNaturalDesignIntelligentDifferent ThingsPilotsAirplaneCrashSelectionNatural SelectionIntelligent Design Author:Burt Rutan
“In martial arts one of the first things that you learn is to be balanced. Balance is the central principle in architecture and design. Balance is a way of trying to talk about being at the center of things.” WayTryingFirstsArtPrinciplesDesignBuddhismBalanceArchitectureMartial ArtsBalancedArchitecture And Design Author:Frederick Lenz
“When I concentrate on a specific site or place for which I am going to design a building, I try to plumb its depths, its form, its history and its sensuous qualities.” TryingFormQualityDesignBuildingDepthSiteSensuous Book:Architektur denken Source: Architektur denken
“The story man must see clearly in his own mind how every piece of business will be put over. He should feel every expression, every reaction. He get far enough from his story to take a second look at it... to see whether there is any dead phase... to see whether the personalities are going to be interesting and appealing to the audience. He should also try to see that the things that his characters are doing are of an interesting nature.” MenFeelsShouldTryingMindLooksEnoughCharacterStoriesInterestingAudiencePiecesDesignExpressionPersonalityDevelopmentReactionsPhases Author:Walt Disney
“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
“I would never design anything. I just think that's kind of wack. I hated every rapper fashion line that ever came out, you know what I'm saying? I would never try.” ThinkingKnowsTryingKindLinesFashionDesignHatedRapper Author:Danny Brown
“Advocates for a single line of progress encounter their greatest stumbling block when they try to find a smooth link between the apparently disparate designs of the invertebrates and vertebrates.” TryingLinesProgressDesignBlockEncountersLinksSmoothStumblingStumbling BlocksSingle LineVertebratesInvertebrates Author:Stephen Jay Gould