It's been a while since I felt I can identify what's said in a film in many ways. Especially in my current career as a product designer. This quote in particular is so relatable. Nobody dares to be the bad person to shut down someone's work to say that it's bad. Everyone wants to be the good guy, be nice, and encouraging so we all have good feelings. I can easily find myself in the position of not wanting to be the bad person to disagree with an opinion or reject people's designs. Or, I just can't be bothered to say that it's not good enough, risking my interpersonal relationship with a fellow co-worker just to critique on a visual. It's not deem to worth it most of the time. How can we balance that? (But of course major ones I'd raise alarms.)
What I like about old designers like Schmid san and Dieter Rams is, they're all stubborn and adamant on what they think should be the way even if people don't agree. They have a set of standards that they strongly abide to. And that makes them respectable and timeless.
