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They are faces in repose but also intently engaged. Concentrating, turning inward, losing touch with their surroundings and the external world. They look as if they are in a state of meditation, except instead of being lost internally, they are engaged and active. They are suspended within a rare moment of peaceful coexistence between order and chaos.
It was not a question of complexity but rather one of order and rules.
I am a playful man or, rather, a man who likes playing—
THERE ARE TWO WAYS to create change: Either find a new answer for an old question or find a new question that has never been asked before.
When one learns something, one collects both data and the skills to master that data, and the final product is knowledge. Knowledge is something deeper, not just the facts but their relationships, their connections to each other.
My school was not able to capture my attention. But it did provide me with plenty of time to draw during class,
Maybe the best we can hope for is to be both at once: a forever amateur professional, or someone who makes being an amateur his profession.
When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong. —R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER
PROBLEMS ARE INEVITABLE. They are an integral part of life.
you deconstruct an object, you have to be able to put it together again.
There is a huge difference between defining the problem and solving it.
“If you do not expect the unexpected, you will not find it.”
Success is a strange phenomenon.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE CURIOUS? I think it is the capacity to be surprised and then to try to comprehend what it was that may have surprised you.
