John Maeda Quotes
In the '70s and '80s there was an attempt in K-12 to teach science through art or art through science. The challenge today is how do you build the ethos of art and design into the academy of science.
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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I cannot drink or do anything that changes the mind.
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The only morality I'm interested in is the morality between your ears, between each player's ears, because that's the interesting thing to me.
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It seems to me that unless you or someone very close to you has had a bad head injury, you really can't fathom it. You have no concept of what it is all about. It was so difficult for my whole family, not just me.
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A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind.
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At Gallaudet, deafness isn't an issue. You don't even think about it. Students can pay attention to accounting or psychology or journalism. But when a deaf person goes to another college, no matter how supportive it is, that person doesn't get the same access.
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I'm always nervous when I start a new picture.
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For many people, managing pain involves using prescription medicine in combination with complementary techniques like physical therapy, acupuncture, yoga and massage. I appreciate this because I truly believe medical care should address the person as a whole - their mind, body, and spirit.
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My mum told me to have patience. It's about realising that when things aren't going the way you want them to, or you don't have inspiration, it will come.
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I was on Kanye's Yeezus tour as a dancer, but really, I was a Vanessa Beecroft model. I was one of the three 'dancers' who couldn't dance and was more of an accessory than an individual. Vanessa was pretty involved. Her style is about a lot of standing. It's very simple but haunting.
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I do ballet and pointe work. I also do tap, commercial jazz and technical jazz, freestyle street dancing.
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Newark might be one of few the places where the politics is tougher than even Brooklyn.
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I loved to sing in family parties, for my friends and family. That's how I discovered my talent.
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The problem with binge-watching on Netflix is that you lose three days of your life.
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I've probably said that in every feature I've been in. I've been repeatedly defined as the girlfriend or wife.
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I went to my mum at about seven or eight and said I want to start acting, but the week before, I had said I wanted to do ballet. She said if I took acting classes for a full year, she would look further into it, and that's how it started.
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As a New Yorker, or wherever I am, I just want to know I can get our of the house in five minutes if I have to and not have to spend a bunch of time obsessing in the mirror, trying on a million different options. Now, I just know what works.
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I love coming to London and seeing what people on the street are wearing.
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You hear about these shows where there are all these women are supposedly always in a catfight, and then you find out in reality that they're all getting along fine.
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A witticism is an epigram on the death of a feeling.
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It is wonderful to be in the country in a glass house, because no matter what happens out there, you're nice and safe, you know, cuddled in your little bed, and there it is, raging storms, snowing - wonderful.
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In my view, the biggest challenge facing this country is that we are not living within our means. Spending cuts can only get us halfway there.
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In the '70s and '80s there was an attempt in K-12 to teach science through art or art through science. The challenge today is how do you build the ethos of art and design into the academy of science.
