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Steve Jobs: “Art and beauty really do matter”

September 14, 2017

Rolling Stone Magazine, October 27, 2011

In 2011, Rolling Stone editor Jann Wenner paid tribute to Steve Jobs with in in-depth cover story. Wenner wrote: “He knew in his soul that how a thing looked and felt was part of the inherent truth and importance and honesty of the thing itself… [he believed] that art and beauty really do matter, and that people will respond to them if they are offered.”

Jobs believed that the “consumer would respect a strong aesthetic point of view, even if it wasn’t what they were asking for.” The only college course that Jobs mentions as important is a calligraphy class, which taught him about aesthetics and beauty.

Perhaps a love of art and beauty is fundamental for any kind of revolution… Perhaps it’s the foundation for change.

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