#idpure

I just came across a fantastic graphic design and typography magazine from Switzerland called IDPURE. In the current issue the Founder and Editor-in-Chief Thierry Hausermann quotes Albert Einstein reflecting on the economic crisis of 1929.  It does appear that not much has changed in nearly a century. 

"Let's not pretend that things will change if we doing the same things. A crisis can be a real blessing to any person, to any nation. For all crises bring progress. Creativity is born from anguish, just as the day is born from the dark night. It is in crisis that inventiveness, discoveries and great strategies are born. He who overcomes crisis overcomes himself, without being 'over-come.' He who blames his failures on the crisis neglects his own talent, and is more interested in problems than solutions. Incompetence is the true crisis. The greatest inconvenience of people and nations is the laziness with which they attempt to find solutions to their problems. There's no challenge without a crisis. Without challenges, life becomes a routine, a slow agony. There's no merit without crisis. It's in the crisis where we can show the very best in us. Without a crisis, any wind becomes a tender touch. To speak about a crisis is to promote it. Not to speak about it is to exalt conformism. Let us work hard instead. Let us put an end, once and for all, to the menacing crisis that represents the tragedy of not being willing to overcome it"