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"it becomes beautiful later..."

posted by Jason Kottke   Oct 30, 2011

Mona Simpson's eulogy for her brother is beautiful and moving; it's almost incidental that her brother was Steve Jobs. The last few paragraphs are just...

His philosophy of aesthetics reminds me of a quote that went something like this: "Fashion is what seems beautiful now but looks ugly later; art can be ugly at first but it becomes beautiful later."

Steve always aspired to make beautiful later.

(via @kissane)