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In most people's vocabularies, design means veneer. It's interior decorating. It's the fabric of the curtains and the sofa. But read more
In most people's vocabularies, design means veneer. It's interior decorating. It's the fabric of the curtains and the sofa. But to me, nothing could be further from the meaning of design.
There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for read more
There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for and why it is here it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another that states that this has already happened.
I never once made a discovery ... I speak without exaggeration that I have constructed three thousand different theories in read more
I never once made a discovery ... I speak without exaggeration that I have constructed three thousand different theories in connection with the electric light ... Yet in only two cases did my experiments prove the truth of my theory.
Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither read more
Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve
About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread-and-butter designs.
About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread-and-butter designs.
A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere the careless, the most stupid thinker
A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere the careless, the most stupid thinker
You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.
You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.
Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact.
Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact.