Quotes

These are the things I’ve heard and read that help me work, live, and think. The things that shape my work and remind me that everything is going to be ok. And, of course, the things that make me smile. And they’re all from the pens and lips of those much smarter than I could hope to become. I’ll give it a bloody good go, though.

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“Ultimately there is no happiness in a world in which things are not as good as they can be.”— Eric Gill

“Whoever said that pleasure wasn’t useful?”—Charles Eames

“Shut up and look.”—Edward Tufte

“Brevity is a by-product of vigor.”—W. Strunk & E.B. White

“I am made of earth, and my song made of words.”— Pablo Neruda

“I get up. I walk. I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing.”—Daniel Hillel

“Money is circulated. Time is spent.”—Frank Chimero

“Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.”—E.L. Doctorow

“They can’t eat you.”—Merlin Mann

“The Details are not the Details. They make the design.”— Charles Eames

“Words mean things.”—Erin Kissanne

“Less, but better.”—Dieter Rams