11.19.2009

"Inspiration is for Amateurs. The rest of us show up and get to work."

— Chuck Close

11.12.2009

"The theory of symbiogenesis assumes that the most probable explanation for improbably complex structures (living or otherwise) lies in the association of less complicated parts. Sentences are easier to construct by combining words than by combining letters. […] It was apparent to Merezhkovsky and Kozo-Polyansky that life represents the culmination of a succession of coalitions between simpler organisms, ultimately descended from not-quite-living component parts."

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“Darwin Among the Machines”

George B. Dyson

pg. 112

11.9.2009

"Make something everyday, no matter how good or bad it is. (G)

I second that motion. (B)
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—Garnet H. & Ben H.

11.8.2009

"The material culture of non-electronic objects is a useful measure of what the electronic object must achieve to be worthwhile but it is important to avoid merely superimposing the familiar physical world onto a new electronic situation, delaying the possibility of new culture through a desperate desire to make it comprehensible."

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Hertzian Tales, p17

This quote serves as back-up to my “we’re trying to design objects, systems, games, and robots that look just like real living things in this world and it’s not the best idea.”

10.3.2009

"As machines become more and more efficient and perfect, so it will become clear that imperfection is the greatness of man."

—Ernst Fischer (German Chemist and Educator, 1918-1972)

10.3.2009

"The fact of storytelling hints at a fundamental human unease, hints at human imperfection. Where there is perfection there is no story to tell."

—Ben Okri (Nigerian author who uses magic realism to convey the social and political chaos in his country, 1959)

10.1.2009

"I find imperfection the most interesting thing about a person."

—Anonymous