The fundamental failure of most graphic, product, architectural and even urban design is its insistence on serving the God of Looking-Good rather than the God of Being-Good.

I live by two credos: If you don't ask, you don't get. And most things don't work.

Everyone spoke of an information overload, but what there was in fact was a non-information overload.

When I have the choice to do something I don't want to do, I most often – most always – do it anyway.

Accept ignorance; pay more attention to the question than the answer; never be afraid to go in the opposite direction.

The most essential prerequisite to understanding is to be able to admit when you don't understand something

Learning can be defined as the process of remembering what you are interested in.