The real opportunity is to harness the inventive power of the world to locally design and produce solutions to local problems. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes design harness inventive
If anyone can make anything, anywhere. It fundamentally changes the meaning of business. Neil Gershenfeld businessfundamentallymake Change image and share on social
Computer science is one of the worst things that ever happened to either computers or to science. Neil Gershenfeld badcomputerhappen Change image and share on social
Fungible goods in economics can be extended and traded. So, half as much grain is half as much useful, but half a baby or half a computer is less useful than a whole baby or a whole computer, and we've been trying to make computers that work that way. Neil Gershenfeld babycomputereconomics share on social
I thank Marc Jacobs so much for giving me the opportunity to design a shoe for Louis Vuitton, but the thing that broke my heart most was when they said, 'You're finished. The shoe's finished.' Kanye West breakdesignfinish Change image and share on social
When it comes to the form the narrative will take, whether first person, third person, or Aunt Grace's cat, I usually find that the story tells me which voice it prefers, and that often changes as I go along. And in the end it really doesn't matter as long as the author can rig those voices all in harness to pull the same load. Thomas Steinbeck auntauthorcat share on social
Real novelists, those we admire, those we consider timeless in their language and character and scene, those who receive accolades for inventive language and form, have writing lives we imagine in specific ways. Susan Straight accoladeadmirecharacter share on social