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GET READY! MAKING MAKERS WHO FEARLESSLY MAKE

crafted for: SXSW 2015

“FOCUS ON OPPORTUNITIES RATHER THAN PROBLEMS.” - PETER DRUCKER

“AN IDEA CAN TURN TO MAGIC OR DUST, DEPENDING ON THE TALENT THAT RUBS AGAINST IT” – B I L L B E R N B A C H

“CREATIVE THINKING INSPIRES IDEAS. IDEAS INSPIRE CHANGE.”

- B a r b a r a J a n u s z k i e w i c z

“I THINK REVOLUTION HAPPENS WHEN YOU DISTRUST EVERYTHING, INCLUDING YOURSELF.” - Wang Jaiwei

“THE REAL VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY CONSISTS OF NOT IN SEEKING NEW LANDSCAPES BUT IN HAVING NEW EYES.” - MARCEL PROUST

“ALL THAT WE CAN IMAGINE WE ALREADY KNOW.”

- Sir Stephen Spender

“I HAVE NO SPECIAL TALENTS. I AM ONLY PASSIONATELY CURIOUS.” –   E I N S T E I N

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“THE CONSUMER LIVES IN A PRESENT MADE POSSIBLE BY TEMPORAL COMPRESSIONS OF OTHERS.” – D O U G L A S R U S K O F F

“A KNOWLEDGE WORKER NEEDS ONLY ONE THING: TO LEARN HOW TO LEARN.” - PETER DRUCKER

”CASUAL DRAWING IN PUBLIC USUALLY SHAKES SOMETHING LOOSE.” –   H E A D S O F S T A T E ( G R A P H I C D E S I G N )

“IT IS THE SUPREME ART OF THE TEACHER TO AWAKEN JOY IN CREATIVE EXPRESSION AND KNOWLEDGE.”

- Albert Einstein

“NARRATIVE IMAGINING–STORY–IS THE FUNDAMENTAL INSTRUMENT OF THOUGHT.RATIONAL CAPACITIES DEPEND ON IT. IT IS OUR CHIEF MEANS OF LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE, OF PREDICTING, OF PLANNING AND OF EXPLAINING.” –   M A R K T U R N E R "

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WHAT YOU KNOW IS WHAT YOU MAKE.

MAKE MAKERS

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“EUREKA, EUREKA!” – A R C H I M E D E S

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“THEY SAY AN ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS. WELL, YOU ARE NOT AN ELEPHANT. TAKE NOTES CONSTANTLY, SAVE INTERESTING THOUGHTS, QUOTATIONS, FILMS,TECHNOLOGIES…” –   A A R O N K O B L I N ( D I G I T A L M E D I A A R T I S T )

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“THE PURPOSE OF EDUCATION IS TO REPLACE AN EMPTY MIND WITH AN OPEN ONE.”

- Malcolm Forbes

“SEEING IS NOT THE SAME AS LOOKING.”

- Kevin Ashton

“A [HUMAN] MIND STRETCHED TO A NEW IDEA NEVER GOES BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL DIMENSIONS.”

- Oliver Wendell Holmes

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“YOU WILL EITHER STEP FORWARD INTO GROWTH OR BACK INTO SAFETY.” - ABRAHAM MASLOW

“SEEING IS NOT THE SAME AS LOOKING.” – K E V I N A S H T O N

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“SERIOUS PLAY IS NOT AN OXYMORON; IT IS THE ESSENCE OF INNOVATION.” - M I C H A E L S C H R A G E

“IT IS BY LOGIC THAT WE PROVE, IT IS BY INTUITION THAT WE INVENT.”

- Henri Poincare

“THE MATERIALS TELL YOU WHAT TO DO, YOU REACT TO THEM AND THINK ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THEM, IN THE SAME WAY WE THINK ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THINGS IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE.” - Eugene Tan (interview with Jane Lee)

“IMAGINE A WORLD WHERE EVERYONE WAS CONSTANTLY LEARNING…WHAT YOU WONDERED WAS MORE INTERESTING THAN WHAT YOU KNEW, AND CURIOISTY COUNTER FOR MORE THAN CERTAIN KNOWLEDGE.”

- C L U E T R A I N M A N I F E S T O

“THE MORE THAT YOU READ, THE MORE THINGS YOU WILL KNOW. THE MORE THAT YOU LEARN, THE MORE PLACES YOU’LL GO.”

- Dr. Seuss

“WE ARE CALLED UPON TO DO SOMETHING NEW…TO PUSH INTO THE FOREST WHERE THERE ARE NO WELL-WORN PATHS FROM WHICH NO ONE HAS RETURNED TO GUIDE US.” – R O L L O M A Y [ 1 9 7 5 ]

“WHY JOIN THE NAVY WHEN YOU CAN BE A PIRATE?” - STEVE JOBS

“TO IMPROVE IS TO CHANGE; TO BE PERFECT IS TO CHANGE OFTEN.”

- Winston Churchill

“THERE ARE SIXTY-TWO LEGO BRICKS FOR EVERY HUMAN ON EARTH.”

- Sarah Herman (2012) A MILLION LITTLE BRICKS

“IDEAS ARE SIMPLY NEW COMBINATIONS OF OLD ELEMENTS.”

– Pareto

“IF YOU’RE NOT MAKING MISTAKES, THEN YOU’RE NOT DOING ANYTHING. I’M POSITIVE THAT A DOER MAKES MISTAKES.”

- J o h n W o o d e n

“GOOD MANAGEMENT IS THE ART OF MAKING PROBLEMS SO INTERESTING AND THEIR SOLUTIONS SO CONSTRUCTIVE THAT EVERYONE WANTED TO GET TO WORK AND DEAL WITH THEM.”

- Paul Hawken

“WE ARE BEING PROPELLED INTO THIS NEW CENTURY WITH NO PLAN, NO CONTROL, NO BRAKES. .” - B I L L J O Y

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“AS A SOCIETY WE HAVE NOT LEARNED HOW TO USE POWERFUL NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN WAYS THAT DO NOT PARADOXICALLY SUBVERT THE INNATE POWER OF STUDENTS TO EXAMINE AND LEARN THAT WILL LEAD THEM TOWARD MASTERY IN THEIR OWN TERMS.” – F R A N K H . W I L S O N (RISD))"

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