Solving a problem simply means representing it so as to make the solution transparent.

A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.

One finds limits by pushing them.

Learning results from what the student does and thinks, and only from what the student does and thinks. The teacher can advance learning only by influencing the student to learn.

Enlightenments, like accidents, happen only to prepared minds.

The proper study of mankind is the science of design.

Learning is any change in a system that produces a more or less permanent change in its capacity for adapting to its environment.

The engineer, and more generally the designer, is concerned with how things ought to be - how they ought to be in order to attain goals, and to function.

Human beings know a lot of things, some of which are true, and apply them. When we like the results, we call it wisdom.

Innovation has a lot to do with your ability to recognise surprising and unusual phenomena.

Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones.

Don't be afraid, child, The stories are always there.

From an author's point of view, the most painful and dangerous weapon ain't no gun or blade, but a piece of paper with the word rejected on it.

Take sides! Always take sides! You will sometimes be wrong - but the man who refuses to take sides must always be wrong.

For me, personally, Detroit is a melting pot for everything. We get the best from the East Coast, West Coast and down South.

Sometimes the best Christmas present is remembering what you've already got.

Beware not the enemy from 'without' but the enemy from 'within'.

Consider the fellow. He never spends his time telling you about his previous night's date. You get the idea he has eyes only for you and wouldn't think of looking at another woman.

Power educates the potentate.

William Devane was amazing [ in The Grinder] - that we were able to reinvent an acting legend as a comedy star - that's very gratifying.

My wife tells me one day, 'I think you love baseball more than me.' I say, 'Well, I guess that's true, but hey, I love you more than football and hockey.'