Sylvie

One of the most intelligent case studies in design is the Chinese tea cup. They’re made without handles simply because if it’s too hot to touch, it’s too hot to drink.

Humans naturally want to add more. Add a cardboard sleeve, add a warning on the outside of the cup, add a handle. The result of all these things never cools down the actual contents.

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Because when you treat your projects like they have a lifecycle beyond a single marquee, you make better decisions from the start.

You budget differently. You find accounting software that you hate less than Quickbooks Online. You keep investor records up to date. You don’t pay people under the table. You keep a clean paper trail. You scan... See more

There are so many people who don’t know what they want. And I think that, in this world, that’s the only thing you have to know — exactly what you want. ... Doing what you were born to do ... That’s the way to be happy.

"It's not what a movie is about, it's how it is about it." - Roger Ebert applies to every creative project

Ooof. Albert Einstein's letter to his daughter Lieserl ❤️

When I proposed the theory of relativity, very few understood me, and what I will reveal now to transmit to mankind will also collide with the misunderstanding and prejudice in the world.

I ask you to guard the letters as long as necessary, years, decades, until society is advanced enough to... See more

The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible.