Quote by Herbert Simon
Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing e

Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones. – Herbert Simon

Other quotes by Herbert Simon

Engineering, medicine, business, architecture and painting are concerned not with the necessary but with the contingent – not with how things are but with how they might be – in short, with design. – Herbert Simon

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architecture
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One of the first rules of science is if somebody delivers a secret weapon to you, you better use it. – Herbert Simon

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Science
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Human knowledge has been changing from the word go and people in certain respects behave more rationally than they did when they didnt have it. They spend less time doing rain dances and more time seeding clouds. – Herbert Simon

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Knowledge
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I think there is always a need for pure design. With pure design, you dont need so much decoration. – Jil Sander

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A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker. – David Hume

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design

To design the future effectively, you must first let go of your past. – Charles J. Givens

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design

The proper study of mankind is the science of design. – Herbert Simon

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The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface and made known, but tries to hide them, is unfit to walk the highway of truth. – James Allen

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