I think subconsciously people are remarkably discerning. I think that they can sense care.
If you are truly innovating, you don't have a prototype you can refer to.
Simplicity is really hard.
It's actually a rare and precious thing to discover what it is you love to do, and I encourage you to remain unapologetically consumed by it. Be faithful to your gift and very confident in its value.
Really great design is hard. Good is the enemy of great.
It's one of the curses of designing that when you look at anything, you're constantly thinking, Why? Why - why was it designed like that, and not like this?