Complaining is silly. Either act or forget.

What is good today may be a cliche tomorrow.

Don't confuse legibility with communication.

I was too practical to want to be a painter.

I use contrary-ism in every part of my life.

I'm not sure about my design work every time.

The designer must think first and work later.

Design provides solutions, art asks questions.

Language is a virus, money is a nasty disease.

Don't try to be original; just try to be good.

Keeping a diary supports personal development.

Do the work that feeds your soul, not your ego.

If you have no fear, no one has power over you.

You can't criticize geometry. It's never wrong.

Art has no purpose. It exists for its own sake.

I like being a 10-year-old kid who's in charge.

Have the confidence to fail. Persistence is key.

I think that it's a great time to be a designer.

Organization makes a system of many appear fewer.

My expectation is that technology always changes.

My mom smiled at me. Her smile kind of hugged me.

If you don't have an idea, all you have is style.

Typomania is curable but not fatal. Unfortunately.

I do virtually nothing except my work. No hobbies.

All maps are distorted, they are not literal fact.

No artist wants to be perceived as a regurgitator.

Once you have the statement, it will design itself.

Art is a conduit toward human needs and perception.

You can't blend in when you were born to stand out.

Information is only useful when it can be understood

I'm not against beauty, it just sounds boring to me.

I have a really shallow idea about what Australia is.

Computers are to design as microwaves are to cooking.

I do different things. I'm a designer. I'm a painter.

Ensure it feels like it's made by humans, for humans.

Sometimes you sacrifice legibility to increase impact.

You have to be interested in culture to design for it.

I'm most proud of the fact that I get to keep growing.

Marketing is a necessary part of the creative process.

I want to make beautiful things, even if nobody cares.

When you make something no one hates, no one loves it.

Imitation is the greatest danger of the young [artist].

The eyes are hungry but often satiated before they see.

Think like an artist. Dress like an insurance salesman.

The dreaded phrase in design circles is 'show and tell.'

Think of the computer as a spiritual space for thinking.

Graphic design is the fiction that anticipates the fact.

I wasn't a very good illustrator so I became a designer.

I'm not from a generation of kids that grew up on a Mac.

It’s not enough to be friendly. You have to be a friend.

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