Steve Jobs explained why Japanese companies are known for quality, and they never once put the word "quality" in their ads.
"The people who do not use quality in their marketing are the Japanese. You never see them do it."
"It's only the American companies that do. And yet if you ask people on the street which products have the best reputation for quality, they will tell you the Japanese products."
"Customers don't form their opinion on quality from marketing. They form it from their own experience with the product."
The lesson is simple.
You can't tell people your product is good. They decide that themselves, after they use it.
So stop saying it. Start building it.
“Avoid people who are full of self-pity, and people who feel like victims. Avoid them like the plague.”
“Avoid the crooks, crazies, egomaniacs, people full of resentment.”
- Charlie Munger
(Writing)..is a perpetual challenge and it is more difficult than anything else that I have ever done - so I do it. And it makes me happy when I do it well.
( Ernest Hemingway)
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Art is "The Journal"
(Oil on Canvas)
by David Tanner.👇
"Why can't I try on
different lives, like dresses,
to see which one fits best?"
- Sylvia Plath.
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Art : "Fixing the Gown"
Oil on canvas
Malcolm T Liepke.
Born in Christiania, now Oslo, in 1847, Frits Thaulow became one of the leading figures of Norwegian painting in the late 19th century. He's known for naturalist landscapes, as well as a remarkable interest in water, snow, and the effects of light. o/c
this was supposed to be a post about Graphis covers, but then i remembered Ottagono, Form, Domus, and a bunch of others, so here’s a selection of some great magazines covering art/design/architecture/visual culture
92K Followers 536 FollowingArt historian, art consultant 19thC and 20thC British/European art. Writing a book on forgotten British artists. Email: [email protected] @spectator etc
481K Followers 853 Following"The Writing Guy" | Christian | Host: How I Write Podcast | I tweet about writing, beauty, and architecture | My writing: https://t.co/SOE9HtxXdi
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31 Followers 73 FollowingDemolition Take Down is a research & engagement initiative aimed at revolutionising Ireland's demolition practices. Funded by the Creative Climate Action Fund.
2K Followers 705 FollowingAuthor of 'Free Woman', 'The Love-charm of Bombs’ etc, novel ‘The Group’. Prof at KCL. Look! We Have Come Through! - Living with DH Lawrence out in August
10K Followers 3K FollowingNew book: Tales of the Suburbs: LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains out now. Social historian of modern places. 🌈 Look me up on other platforms
9K Followers 4K FollowingArchitect, urbanist, public advocate. Principal @HillThalisAUP co author #PublicSydney. Architecture Prof. ex Indep’t Sydney Councillor. AIA 2024 Gold Medalist
19K Followers 299 FollowingHistorian of shopping precincts, leisure centres, power stations, derelict landscapes, inner cities, new towns, & city centre redevelopment. @c20Society trustee
73K Followers 3K FollowingHead of School of Built Environment at UNSW Sydney and Prof of Architecture. Writer, researcher & teacher, tall buildings, housing, embodied carbon, cities