I do different things. I'm a designer. I'm a painter.
Planning involves considering how other people may use something.
Creativity has to do with what came before you immediately, not what came before you a long time ago.
I think Apple is a wonderful example of spectacular marketing and I love having my iPod. There are the naysayers who say that "nyah, nyah, it breaks" and I think "well, I don't like what Microsoft made..."
The goal of design is to raise the expectation of what design can be
To me what really matters is that it shouldn't matter to you what day of the week it is.