To invent something you have to be removed from the world. In order to have liberty to imagine something better, you need to step outside for a while.
Bruce MauWhat is the focus of the new image infrastructure? Attention. It's all designed for capturing, tracking, quantifying, manipulating, holding, buying, selling and controlling attention.
Bruce MauI'm interested in the moment when two objects collide and generate a third. The third object is where the interesting work is.
Bruce MauMake your own tools. Hybridize your tools in order to build unique things. Even simple tools that are your own can yield entirely new avenues of exploration. Remember, tools amplify our capacities, so even a small tool can make a big difference.
Bruce MauFor me, sensibility is the location of talent. Sensibility comes first because only with the right kind of sensibility is talent useful. I've met many people who are extraordinarily talented but have no capacity to go outside of themselves or their field. I love those people, but they would not succeed in our culture.
Bruce Mau