Quotes

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  1. Do not confuse what's important with what's impressive. |
     

    On Career

    #292

  2. How do I know what I think until I see what I say? |
     

    On Design

    #291

  3. Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon. |
     

    On Knowledge & Intelligence

    #290

  4. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. |
     

    On Work

    #287

  5. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong. |
     

    On Technology

    #286 source

  6. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. |
     

    On Technology

    #285

  7. Wherever I found a living creature, there I found the will to power. |
     

    On Life and Death

    #284

  8. My arse contemplates those who talk behind my back. |
     

    On Struggle, challenges and difficulties

    #283

  9. A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station…. |
     

    On Work

    #282

  10. No one comes to a website for the design. Just like no one goes to the theater for the seating. But your ass enjoys a good seat. |
     

    On Design

    #281 source

  11. Never, ever, ever let them call you a “creative”. It’s a way to be disenfranchised. You are a designer. It’s not magic, it’s a trade. |
     

    On Design

    #280

  12. Confidence doesn’t come from knowing you’re right—it comes from being okay with failing. |
     

    On Struggle, challenges and difficulties

    #279

  13. A good designer finds an elegant way to put everything you need on a page. A great designer convinces you half that shit is unnecessary. |
     

    On Design

    #278 source

  14. If you plan for less than your capacity, you get less done than you could have. If you plan for more than your capacity, you get less done than you could have. |
     

    On Work

    #277

  15. You don’t love because: you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults. |
     

    On Love

    #275

  16. The secret of change is to focus all your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new. |
     

    #273

  17. Don't be 'a writer'. Be writing. |
     

    On Work

    #272

  18. You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore. |
     

    On Career

    #271

  19. Go where your heart directs you. |
     

    On Career

    #270 source

  20. Everyone talks about leaving a better planet for our kids. Let’s try to leave better kids for our planet. |
     

    On Knowledge & Intelligence

    #269

  21. The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. |
     

    On Struggle, challenges and difficulties

    #268 source

  22. One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful. |
     

    On Struggle, challenges and difficulties

    #267

  23. A year from now, you may wish you had started today. |
     

    On Creativity

    #266 source

  24. The apple cannot be stuck back on the Tree of Knowledge; once we begin to see, we are doomed and challenged to seek the strength to see more, not less. |
     

    On Knowledge & Intelligence

    #263