Difficult situations breed astonishing results.

Designers can create normalcy out of chaos; they can clearly communicate ideas through the organising and manipulating of words and pictures.

Math is easy; design is hard.

I've been amazed at how often those outside the discipline of design assume that what designers do is decoration. Good design is problem solving.

Good design can't fix broken business models.

To dismiss basic contexts such as link colours, page layouts, navigation systems, and visual hierarchy as 'boring' or 'pedestrian' is akin to laughing at a car's steering wheel as unimaginative.

Web-site creation isn't something you learn once and then check off on your to do list.

Design isn't risky - change is. Good design mitigates that risk.

One of the things I firmly believe about seemingly risky decisions is that you can't fully imagine how things can be better while you're in the thing you don't quite like.

Beauty is one of the strangest things. It never comes without the pain. But it always comes...eventually.

My jealousy is a living thing. Shifting, changing, growing. Like my rage and my mother's regret.

It's ONLY with a NEW MINDSET and a SWIFT Action that you can span the gap between WHO and WHERE you are, and WHO and WHERE/WHAT you want to BE, DO and HAVE

Our greatest hope is to bring up children inspired by their opportunities for being helpful and loving.

I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them.

Cryptography is the ultimate form of non-violent direct action.

The Negro cannot win the respect of his oppressor by acquiescing; he merely increases the oppressor's arrogance and contempt.

I'm glad to see the casual game play coming back now on the Internet, games that aren't violent, that aren't complex that you can sit down and you can have some fun.

And I find it very easy to memorize the scripts, which are so close to conversations my husband and I have.

Even if you're popular, there are times when you just feel like you're not a part of things.