Andrew Mason Quotes

Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord.

A brute force solution that works is better than an elegant solution that doesn't work.

People are far more interested in what works than what's true.

The difference between utility and utility plus beauty is the difference between telephone wires and the spider web.

I'm generally a very pragmatic person: that which works, works.

Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity.

It doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice.

Usefulness depends on tractability.

Reason is a bee, and exists only on what it makes; his usefulness takes the place of beauty.

To use is necessary. And if you can't be used, then you're useless.

Things that are complex are not useful, Things that are useful are simple.

The beautiful is as useful as the useful." He added after a moment’s silence, "Perhaps more so.

Everything that I make I use.

I have found that all ugly things are made by those who strive to make something beautiful, and that all beautiful things are made by those who strive to make something useful.

I believe in anything that works.

[Pragmatism's] only test of probable truth is what works best in the way of leading us, what fits every part of life best and combines with the collectivity of experience's demands, nothing being omitted.

Simplicity is somehow essentially describing the purpose and place of an object and product.

You can do anything you want, as long as it works.

There is a use for almost everything.

Why not? That's a good reason for almost anything - a bit used perhaps, but still quite serviceable.

Some are created for beauty, and some for use; and there are some which one can do without altogether.

There are more useful systems developed in languages deemed awful than in languages praised for being beautiful - many more.

Mold clay into a bowl. The empty space makes it useful.

The inadequacy of the purely purpose-oriented form is revealed for what it is-a monotonous, impoverished boring practicality.