Quotes by John Maeda

“Amidst all the attention given to the sciences as to how they can lead to the cure of all diseases and daily problems of mankind, I believe that the biggest breakthrough will be the realization that the arts, which are conventionally considered useless, will be recognized as the whole reason why we ever try to live longer or live more prosperously. The arts are the science of enjoying life.”

Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful.

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.

I like stuff designed by dead people. The old designers. They always got it right because they didnt have to grow up with computers. All of the people that made the spoon and the dishes and the vacuum cleaner didnt have microprocessors and stuff. You could do a good design back then.

I dont really love computers.

Anyone with a computer and a design program can create a page layout. But unless youre trained in design, it wont look very good and it wont communicate very well.