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.

Our economy is built upon convergent thinkers, people that execute things, get them done. But artists and designers are divergent thinkers: they expand the horizon of possibilities.

When people say, 'I don't get art' ... that means art is working.

Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful.

Design is a solution to a problem. Art is a question to a problem.

Too little confidence, and you're unable to act; too much confidence, and you're unable to hear.

Creativity's about ownership.

The problem isn't how to make the world more technological. It's about how to make the world more humane again.

Simplicity and complexity need each other.

If you are going to have less things, they have to be great things.

Skill in the digital age is confused with mastery of digital tools, masking the importance of understanding materials and mastering the elements of form.

Men are not angels, ” Akhmar affirmed. “And so men have the chance to be noble, in a way that angels cannot.

You gotta lose 'em some of the time. When you do, lose 'em right.

I like day-after-Christmas omelets, day-after Christmas pizzas... Or you take croissant rolls, put gravy on top, turkey, mashed potatoes, cheese, more gravy. That sounds good!

A boy comes to me with a spark of interest. I feed the spark and it becomes a flame. I feed the flame and it becomes a fire. I feed the fire and it becomes a roaring blaze.

Love is much more demanding than law.

I'm in touch with the social networks and stuff.

I feel like it's important to use this gift God gave me, my life and my career to do something to make the world a better place. It's an easy thing for me to do.

The choice of personnel, perhaps the most important choice (because 'people are policy'), never proceeds according to plan, but there have been some successful transitions that upheld high standards.

I am jealous of those who think more deeply, who write better, who draw better, who ski better, who look better, who live better, who love better than I.

The essence of American racism is disrespect.