“Strange as it may seem, wrote Richard Feynman, we understand the distribution of matter in the interior of the Sun far better than we understand the interior of the Earth.”

We need practice solving problems.

Counter the effects of culture (steering your design ideas) by going out and looking for new experiences.

If you haven’t read Alan Fletcher’s The Art of Looking Sideways you should be arrested for calling yourself a Designer

I know that being an in-house person is much, much harder than being outside…that’s why I’ve never had a job.

Unless you can begin with an interesting problem, it is unlikely you will end up with an interesting solution.

No matter how many times your amazing, absolutely brilliant work is rejected by the client, for whatever dopey, arbitrary reason, there is often another amazing, absolutely brilliant solution possible. Sometimes it’s even better.

There’s nothing in my head that’s worth anything at all because it’s the culture that put it there.

Be stimulated by rejection

How do you do original work when culture is telling you which font face to use, which layout.

Far too often, children with developmental disorders are diagnosed solely on the basis of their observable behavior

We must also be certain that there is no one true faith or path by which it may spread.

I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road.

That’s OK. The project may be the lion, but the list is your whip.

My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults.

I love Billy Joel. I cry sometimes when I hear ‘The Stranger.’ ‘You May Be Right’ may be one of the greatest songs ever written.

It may be a coincidence, but from the minute I took anti-depressants, I didn’t pick up a guitar or a pen for seven years.

Acne may be good at destroying self-confidence, but Proactiv+ is good at destroying acne.