Jesse Wattenbarger

“For the professional pickpocket, one of the best tools he could invest in is a wall-mounted sign that reads “Beware of Pickpockets.” With this unlikely device, he needs simply to hang this sign on the wall of a railway or bus station and then sit back and observe as legions of well-meaning people casually pat their pockets or purses, reassuring themselves that their valuables are where they should be, all the while giving the thief clear instructions on where to find the goods.”
― Steve Prentice, Cool Down: Getting Further by Going Slower

“It takes time for individual thoughts and ideas to realize that they might have a chance to step forward from the recesses of the brain and express themselves. Thoughts that might save time, create new opportunities, or generally do good things—they’re all in there. But every time they try to make themselves known, they’re brushed aside by another fast-moving “immediacy.” These ideas find little opportunity to make themselves known in our busy world, and collectively we run the risk of losing them forever.”
― Steve Prentice, Cool Down: Getting Further by Going Slower

“realize that they might have a chance to step forward from the recesses of the brain and express themselves. Thoughts that might save time, create new opportunities, or generally do good things—they’re all in there. But every time they try to make themselves known, they’re brushed aside by another fast-moving “immediacy.” These ideas find little opportunity to make themselves known in our busy world, and collectively we run the risk of losing them forever.”
― Steve Prentice, Cool Down: Getting Further by Going Slower

“Seeking to create a high-productivity space for commercial innovation, Probst conceived the “Action Office,” whose surfaces, both horizontal and vertical, allowed for clear thought, freedom of movement, ample storage, and the ability to lay out plans and drawings (there were no personal computers back then), all in a semi-open, semi-private configuration. Sadly, as is the fate of many creative architects, he watched as his modular workplace morphed into an economic convenience for the companies for which they worked, in which creative space gave way to an ice-cube tray-like formation, and the priority shifted away from ergonomic needs to economic ones.”
― Steve Prentice, Cool Down: Getting Further by Going Slower