Quotes
“If design were easy, it would have been good the first time.”
“… what we mean by information — the elementary unit of information — is a difference which makes a difference.”
– Gregory Bateson
“To conceive knowledge as a collcetion of information seems to rob the concept of all its life… Knowledge resides in the user and not in the collcetion. It is how the user reacts to a collection of information that matters.”
– C. W. Churchman
Design is not religion. You don’t have to defend the beliefs of your forefathers to the bitter end. Design is a business decision. You should follow the data and do what genereates the biggest profits for your company, not what wins design awards.”
— Jakob Nielsen
“There is more to life than increasing its speed.”
– Gandhi
“The fishing net is used to catch fish. Let us take the fish and forget the net. The snare is used to catch hares. Let us take the are and forget the snare. The word is used to convey ideas. When ideas are apprehended, let us forget the words. How delightful to be able to talk with such a man, who has forgotten the words!”
– Chuang Tzu