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LIVE OUT OF YOUR IMAGINATION, NOT YOUR HISTORY.

Steven R. Covey

GOOD DESIGNERS MUST ALWAYS BE AVANT-GARDISTS, ALWAYS ONE STEP AHEAD OF THE TIMES. THEY SHOULD — AND MUST — QUESTION EVERYTHING GENERALLY THOUGHT TO BE OBVIOUS. THEY MUST HAVE AN INTUITION FOR PEOPLE’S CHANGING ATTITUDES. FOR THE REALITY IN WHICH THEY LIVE, FOR THEIR DREAMS, THEIR DESIRES, THEIR WORRIES, THEIR NEEDS, THEIR LIVING HABITS. THEY MUST ALSO BE ABLE TO ASSESS REALISTICALLY THE OPPORTUNITIES AND BOUNDS OF TECHNOLOGY.

Dieter Rams

MAKE NO LITTLE PLANS. THEY HAVE NO MAGIC TO STIR MEN’S BLOOD AND PROBABLY THEMSELVES WILL NOT BE REALIZED. MAKE BIG PLANS; AIM HIGH IN HOPE AND WORK, REMEMBERING THAT A NOBLE, LOGICAL DIAGRAM ONCE RECORDED WILL NEVER DIE, BUT LONG AFTER WE ARE GONE WILL BE A LIVING THING, ASSERTING ITSELF WITH EVERGROWING INSISTENCY. REMEMBER THAT OUR SONS AND GRANDSONS ARE GOING TO DO THINGS THAT WOULD STAGGER US. LET YOUR WATCHWORD BE ORDER AND YOUR BEACON BEAUTY. THINK BIG.

Daniel Burnham, architect (1864-1912)

DON’T CRY BECAUSE IT’S OVER. SMILE BECAUSE IT HAPPENED.

Dr. Seuss

WHY JOIN THE NAVY IF YOU CAN BE A PIRATE?

Steve Jobs

ZE ZEGGEN WEL EENS DAT ZE MIJN OGEN HEEFT. DAN BEN IK TROTS. MAAR IK ZOU NATUURLIJK VEEL LIEVER DE HARE WILLEN.

Ivo Victoria over zijn dochtertje Lola van 3

PARTICIPATION IS BEAUTIFUL, BUT IT’S A LOT OF WORK.

Karl Valentin (via Rui Guerra)

ADVENTURE IS DISCOMFORT IN RETROSPECT.

Source unknown

THE ILLITERATE OF THE FUTURE WILL NOT BE THE PERSON WHO CANNOT READ. IT WILL BE THE PERSON WHO DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO LEARN.

Alvin Toffler

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE? IN THEORY THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE, BUT IN PRACTICE THERE IS.

Bruce Sterling

ALS JE EEN AAP LEERT KLIMMEN, DAN GAAT HIJ MET KOKOSNOTEN GOOIEN.

Ron Oudega

WHAT WAS ONCE IMAGINED, IS NOW PROVEN!

Kai van Hasselt

SCIENCE IS WHAT WE UNDERSTAND WELL ENOUGH TO EXPLAIN TO A COMPUTER. ART IS EVERYTHING ELSE WE DO.

Donald E. Knuth

THE GREATEST MISTAKE YOU CAN MAKE IN LIFE IS TO CONTINUALLY FEAR YOU WILL MAKE ONE.

Elbert Hubbard

WISDOM TELLS ME I AM NOTHING LOVE TELLS ME I AM EVERYTHING BETWEEN THE TWO MY LIFE FLOWS

Nisargadatta Maharaj