To me, any kind of extremism leads to mediocrity, because of lack of flexibility in the ways of thoughts. Real innovation is always subtle at first. Boris Shoshensky To: [email protected] Subject: Re: "Innovation of new objects seems to go mo re and more toward the d evelopment of tawdry junk for the annual Christmas gift market. Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 08:44:19 -0700 (PDT)
--- On Sun, 3/22/09, Chris Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > > The job of the designer is to make something appear > to have been > limited/balanced/compromised by absolutely nothing. That's what balance of form and function is. > > Is that attitude unreasonably extreme ? This reminds me of Sen. Goldwater who advocated extremism in support of liberty. Hitler liked the same idea. > > I would say that without that extremism, all we'll get is > mediocrity. Mediocrity is a special condition that's tough to define. But extremism is not the same as quality or innovation. If it is then you'd better retract your views re much contemporary art. I don't think your efforts to be witty with words are supporting your views. WC > > > > ____________________________________________________________ Click here to find the perfect picture with our powerful photo search features. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/fc/BLSrjpYR2boVQQtTh8KH9BJZFAPvDu Y1Tc6Ps8SOvgKcQBbqRXRdxSEZ2Aw/
