Changing The World

"I'm not saying that i'm gonna change the world, but I'm sure gonna spark the brain that does."
2Pac
Rap Artist

The only question

"Whatever can be done will be done. The only question is, will it be done by you or to you?"
Thomas L Friedman
Economist and Futurist

Great Artistry

"When there's no sense of possessiveness or ownership in the artistic process, great things happen."
Paul Budnitz
Owner, Kidrobot

Life vs Work

"Be regular and orderly in your life so that you may be violent and original in your work."
William Styron
Author, Sophie's Choice

Middle Managers

"Middle managers are kryptonite to creatives."
Luke Clark

Committee group-think

"A camel is a horse designed by committee."
Anon

Forget research

"Basically everyone said we were crazy. But if you want to change the industry and do something new and innovate, research is a bad tool because all you will get fed back is perception today and not tomorrow."
Jochen Zeitz
CEO, Puma.

Thought & Action

"Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought."
Henri Bergson

Move the world

"Give me a place to stand and I will move the world."
Archimedes of Syracuse
Greek mathematician & physicist

Life, the Creative Way.

"Don't take it all too seriously. If you want to live your life in a creative way, as an artist, you have to not look back too much. You have to be willing to take whatever you've done and whoever you were and throw them away. What are we, anyway? Most of what we think are is just a collection of likes and dislikes, habits and patterns. At the core of what we are is our values, and what decisions and actions we make reflect those values."
Steve Jobs
Founder, Apple

An Idea Lives On

"A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on."
John F. Kennedy
US President (1961-1963)

Make Better Copies

"If you can't innovate, make better copies."
Anonymous

Own Path

"Everyone needs to find out on their own what matters to them."
In-Ah Lee
Film Producer

First Telephone

"It's (Macintosh Computer) the first telephone of our industry."
Steve Jobs
Founder, Apple

Cola or Apple?

"Are you going to keep selling sugar water to children all your life when you could be changing the world?"
Steve Jobs
Founder, Apple
(in a job offer to John Sulley, President of Pepsi-Cola, who later accepted and joined Apple as President)

Failure and Achievement

"Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly."
John F. Kennedy
US President (1961-1963)

Other people's ideas

"That's what I do for a living. I take other people's ideas and make them better."
Barry Diller
Hollywood Mogul

The Designer & The Artist

"The artist owns his brief. The client owns the designer’s brief.
The art itself is the artist’s message. The product is the designer’s message.
The artist has one style. The designer has no style.
The artist expresses problems. The designer solves problems.
The artist prices his work after. The designer prices his work before.
The artist paints. The designer thinks of what the artist should paint.
The artist strokes his own ego. The designer strokes the ego of others.
Everyone pays for the artist's dinner. The designer pays for everyone's dinner.
Art looks beautiful. Design works beautiful.
There is high art. There is no high design.
You don’t have to get the art. You must get the design.
The artist doesn’t kiss butt. The designer is a slut.
The artist dies. The designer gets promoted to creative director.
Eventually the artist fades. Eventually the designer jades."
SPOON Blog

Never Too Late

"Its never too late to be what you could have been."
George Eliot

Never Expect The Wind

"One should never expect the wind, but one should always leave the window open."
Wong Kar Wai
Cult Hong Kong Filmmaker
(In The Mood For Love, 2046)