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  1. (...) so much of our identities lie in the ability to participate in and contribute to the things that are important to us. |
     
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    #126 source

  2. By the time you've arrived at the perfect solution, the problem will have already changed. Thus "good enough" is truly so. |
     
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    #127 source

  3. To use design to impress, to polish things up, to make them chic, is no design at all. This is packaging. |
     
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    #128 source

  4. Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open. |
     
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    Creativity

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  5. When offered two products, we pick the one that's simple. |
     
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    #131 source

  6. Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. |
     
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    #133

  7. Whatever is well conceived is clearly said, and the words to say it flow with ease. |
     
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    #134 source

  8. The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude. |
     
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    #135

  9. Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction. |
     
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    #136 source

  10. Without great solitude, no serious work is possible. |
     
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    #137

  11. If there's a simple, easy design principle that binds everything together, it's probably about starting with the people. |
     
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    #138 source

  12. 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

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

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

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

  16. 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

  17. 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

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

  19. 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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    Work

    #146 source

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

  21. 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

  22. You cannot understand good design if you do not understand people; design is made for people. |
     
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  23. Technology comes out of the human body and design makes sense of it. |
     
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  24. If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys. |
     
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