More from Bob Gill
Counter the effects of culture (steering your design ideas) by going out and looking for new experiences.
Bob GillBob Gill 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.
Bill BrysonBill Bryson If you haven’t read Alan Fletcher’s The Art of Looking Sideways you should be arrested for calling yourself a Designer
Bob GillBob Gill I know that being an in-house person is much, much harder than being outside…that’s why I’ve never had a job.
Bob GillBob Gill Unless you can begin with an interesting problem, it is unlikely you will end up with an interesting solution.
Bob GillBob Gill 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.
Bob GillBob Gill There’s nothing in my head that’s worth anything at all because it’s the culture that put it there.
Bob GillBob Gill Be stimulated by rejection
Bob GillBob Gill How do you do original work when culture is telling you which font face to use, which layout.
Bob GillBob Gill
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Since you are gone, I collect the stars each night building my own night sky, so I have something to hold onto forever.
Laura ChouetteLaura Chouette Can anybody hear me? Are my words going to waste I need to believe there was a purpose to all the pain?
Allie MillerAllie Miller The universe hears what you say, but it knows what you mean.
Brianna PastorBrianna Pastor Enough of this. The next one I love will return my passion.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor It’s unconditional; their chemistry is unconditional – forever.
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett I love you so much that it hurts and that’s the problem I love you so much that it hurts.
Olivia CliffordOlivia Clifford Let’s always bloom, savor and delight others with our beauty.
Mariya FedulovaMariya Fedulova Shadows follow me the way a vulture stalks death. One small step ahead.
Danielle MontgomeryDanielle Montgomery
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I dont believe you need high capacity magazines to go hunt. If you have to use 100 rounds to shoot a deer, youre in trouble.
Bob MenendezBob Menendez If information is true, if it can be verified, and if it’s really important, the newspaper needs to be willing to take the risk associated with using unidentified sources.
Bob WoodwardBob Woodward We need to make sure we have secure borders.
Bob CorkerBob Corker We need to invest dramatically in green energy, making solar panels so cheap that everybody wants them.
Bjorn LomborgBjorn Lomborg We need to learn to know Him so well that we feel safe when we have left our difficulties with Him. To know in that way is a prerequisite of all true prayer.
Ole HallesbyOle Hallesby Good planning avoids the need for fixing up a project that plowed ahead without thought… about potential pitfalls.
Bobby KnightBobby Knight People who announce they are going to the toilet. Thanks that’s an image I really didn’t need.
Billy ConnollyBilly Connolly As far as a nuclear weapons-free zone, you know, when the lion lies down with the lamb, and you don’t need a new lamb every day to satisfy the lion, then we might have this kind of transformation in the Middle East.
Benjamin NetanyahuBenjamin Netanyahu