Top 25 Quotes by John Maeda of 61 - Page 3

Teaching is the rare profession where the customer isn't always right and needs to be told so appropriately.

Teaching is the rare profession where the customer isn't always right and needs to be told so appropriately.

Teaching, Design, Needs

Art is a conduit toward human needs and perception.

Art, Perception, Needs

Art shows us that human beings still matter in a world where money talks the loudest, where computers know everything about us, and where robots fabricate our next meal and also our ride there.

John Maeda

Art, World, Matter

"If Design's No Longer the Killer Differentiator, What Is?" by John Maeda, www.wired.com. September 21, 2012.

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.

John Maeda

Art, Ethos, Design

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

John Maeda

Men, Careers, Simplicity

Museums are important. Design and art schools are important because they show how it should be done at the highest level of quality. Once people are exposed to quality, they recognize it right away and they appreciate it. People's tastes are changed by exposure to quality. Unless they can see it they can't want it. That's the brilliance of Apple - they provide quality in design.

John Maeda

Art, School, Appreciate

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