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Everyone by now presumably knows about the danger of premature opt

Everyone by now presumably knows about the danger of premature optimization. I think we should be just as worried about premature design – designing too early what a program should do. – Paul Graham

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Its hard to say exactly what it is about face-to-face contact that makes deals happen, but whatever it is, it hasnt yet been duplicated by technology. – Paul Graham

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If you imagine someone with 100 percent determination and 100 percent intelligence, you can discard a lot of intelligence before they stop succeeding. But if you start discarding determination, you very quickly get an ineffectual and perpetual grad student. – Paul Graham

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Design and technology should be the subject where mathematical brainboxes and science whizzkids turn their bright ideas into useful products. – James Dyson

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Im not a size 0, and Im nowhere close to it. But, I dont want anyone to know what I am so I like to design clothes so you dont know whats going on under there. – Rachel Roy

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Lets be realistic, how many people are buying a $2,000 skirt? I love to design things that people can actually buy. Im staggered by what a boot costs today. – Vera Wang

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The industrys changed so much that you cant just design something, put on a great show, and say, Okay, my job is done. – Alexander Wang

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