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  1. If there's a simple, easy design principle that binds everything together, it's probably about starting with the people. |
     
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  2. It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper. |
     
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    #139

  3. The core skills of design are synthesis, understanding people, and iterative prototyping. |
     
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    #140 source

  4. A goal is a dream with a deadline. |
     
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    #141 source

  5. Action is the foundational key to all success. |
     
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    #142 source

  6. Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don't need to escape from. |
     
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    #143 source

  7. When it comes to the web, the more backward-compatible you are, the more forward-compatible you're likely to be. |
     
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    #144 source

  8. Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible. |
     
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    #145 source

  9. The material and the craftsman's thoughts change together in a progression of smooth, even changes until his mind is at rest at the exact instant the material is right. |
     
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    On Work

    #146 source

  10. The only "intuitive" interface is the nipple. After that it's all learned. |
     
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    #147 source

  11. The real problem with the interface is that it is an interface. Interfaces get in the way. I don’t want to focus my energies on an interface. I want to focus on the job…I don’t want to think of myself as using a computer, I want to think of myself as doing my job. |
     
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    #148 source

  12. You cannot understand good design if you do not understand people; design is made for people. |
     
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    #149 source

  13. Technology comes out of the human body and design makes sense of it. |
     
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    #150

  14. If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys. |
     
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  15. The primary design principle underlying the Web's usefulness and growth is universality. |
     
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    #152

  16. Website creation isn't something you learn once and then check off on your to-do list. |
     
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    #153

  17. When the user's experience is greater than the user's expectation, trust is established. Establishing trust as early as possible is paramount to providing a good user experience. |
     
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    #154 source

  18. Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful. |
     
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    #155 source

  19. The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away. |
     
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    #156

  20. True information design must find the shortest path to understanding. |
     
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    #157 source

  21. It is only when we become aware or are reminded that our time is limited that we can channel our energy into truly living. |
     
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    #158 source

  22. Work without love is slavery. |
     
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    #159 source

  23. If everybody's not a beauty, then nobody is. |
     
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    #160 source

  24. Reduction creates essence. |
     
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    #161 source

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