Bureaucracy is the epoxy that greases the wheels of progress.
There are no accidents; success is the result of doing the right thing, in the right way, over and over.
Meticulous planning will enable everything a man does to appear spontaneous.
Everything in nature goes by law, and not by luck.
Taking the third step before the first would be fatal.
The scientific method is about trying to remove our own bias and subjectivity, and be as objective as possible. But then you can put it back into context and you're allowed to be emotional and human about the way you engage with it.
You got to start by doing little things if your quest is to take over the world.
Competence is the creed of the technocrat who makes sure the gears mesh but doesn't for a second understand the magic of the machine.
Democracy should not work on the basis of personalities.
A computation is a process that obeys finitely describable rules.
Precision, speed, unambiguity, knowledge of files, continuity, discretion, unity, strict subordination, reduction of friction and of material and personal costs - these are raised to the optimum point in the strictly bureaucratic administration.
I'm usually very analytical when I'm prepping stuff: real into the head thing.
Safety is not a retrofit; it's been in our DNA since day one.
Theater is structured. You're plugged into a system. It's relentless. You're expected to do certain things every day. You have your tasks.
There's a certain logic to systems, and that logic is fairly self-evident. It's very straightforward, usually. It might take a little research, it might take a little bit of industry to prize it out, but it's there to be seen.
Epic production has less to do with your willpower and more to do with the routines you install. Get those right, and you'll enjoy exponential results automatically.
Nothing can be done except little by little.
Sol LeWitt had a huge influence on my work because of his use of repetition and his clarity, setting up a system and letting that system go. That's kind of where the text paintings came from.
I have a philosophy that has guided me throughout all of my scientific career, and that is, I think of myself as a fairly thoughtful person. I don't go into projects impetuously, and I try to select important problems.
The whole process to raise stars is very systematic.
There are no instant solutions.
I take things one step at a time.
Everybody knows the Premier League is so difficult, we have to think step by step.
With method and logic one can accomplish anything.
A structured design approach can heighten the hit rate in the fuzzy front end of innovation processes in public and private sectors.
