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Henry Petroski Quotes: Successful design is not the achievement of perfection but the minimization and accommodation of imperfection.
         

Successful design is not the achievement of perfection but the minimization and accommodation of imperfection.


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Engineering is achieving function while avoiding failure.



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Failure is Central to engineering. Every single calculation that an engineer makes is a failure calculation.



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Design is nothing if not decision making.



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The bookshelf, like the book, has become an integral part of civilization as we know it, its presence in a home practically defining what it means to be civilized, educated, and refined.

The bookshelf, like the book, has become an integral part of civilization as we know it, its presence in a home practically defining what it means to be civilized, educated, and refined.



All conventional wisdom has an element of truth to it, but good design requires more than an element of truth - it requires an ensemble of correct assumptions and valid calculations.

All conventional wisdom has an element of truth to it, but good design requires more than an element of truth - it requires an ensemble of correct assumptions and valid calculations.



Any design, whether its for a ship or an airplane, must be done in anticipation of potential failures.

Any design, whether its for a ship or an airplane, must be done in anticipation of potential failures.



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