Surprise comes from defying expectations.

Many people believe that great designers get great clients. It's the other way around.

You can't control other people, and giving them the power to decide if you will continue to produce good work is foolish.

Good advice is priceless. Not what you want to hear, but what you need to hear. Not imaginary, but practical. Not based on fear, but on possibility. Not designed to make you feel better, designed to make you better. Seek it out and embrace the true friends that care enough to risk sharing it. I'm not sure what takes more guts-giving it or getting it.

The desire that we have to do something that’s never been done before means that the people who are around you generally will not encourage you to do it…if they were encouraging you to do it, then other people would be doing it already and it wouldn’t be unique.

Positive thinking doesn't guarantee results, all it offers is something better than negative thinking.

Playing safe is very risky.