#mo

The engineer, and more generally the designer, is concerned with how things ought to be - how they ought to be in order to attain goals, and to function. ↗

— Herbert Simon

#concerned #designer #engineer #function #generally

Everyone thinks they can write a play; you just write down what happened to you. But the art of it is drawing from all the moments of your life. ↗

— Neil Simon

#down #drawing #everyone #happened #just

When I began making my own albums, the songs became funkier. They were more about the streets. ↗

— Paul Simon

#albums #became #began #i #making

People are looking around. They are looking to do something with their time and money. The question is, what? ↗

— John Simon

#looking #money #people #question #something

If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you've created a special little thing, and that's what I'm looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything. ↗

— Paul Simon

#created #everything #get #humor #i

I question what emotion Manilow touches. People are entertained by him. But are they emotionally moved? I don't believe anything that Barry Manilow sings. ↗

— Paul Simon

#barry #believe #emotion #emotionally #entertained

My life so common it disappears and sometimes even music cannot substitute for tears. ↗

— Paul Simon

#common #disappears #even #life #music

I liked money more than going to school. ↗

— Norton Simon

#i #liked #money #more #school

I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It's chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one. ↗

— Paul Simon

#chicken #child #chinese #dish #downtown

One of the things that upset me was some of the criticism leveled at Simon and Garfunkel. I always took exception to it, but actually I agree with a lot of it. ↗

— Paul Simon

#agree #always #criticism #exception #i