Optimal design delivers information in ways that are useful, beautiful and improve the experience of all involved: audience, client and designer.

Design that mimics the sensual continuity of nature's subtle connections of color, light and texture invite the viewer's receptivity.

Principles that drive equilibrium in nature's design also power human design.

Nature's design is fully economical. Human design follows this model when it minimizes information and maximizes understanding.

It is the nature of intuition to spark and guide creativity, and it's an essential ingredient for anything "new" to happen in the world at all.

Basic geometric shapes communicate universal qualities common to all cultures. Practical design integrates them appropriately.

In geometry, as in nature, the circle is the archetypal shape of wholeness and inclusion. It is an effective shape for nonprofits or community-focused efforts.

Branding is simply pattern recognition, established across multiple tiers of application and fueled by the energy of money.

A company has integrity when its words and actions consistently match the branding effort.

Laughter is the antidote to existential pain

The true extent of one's discipline is revealed when motivation runs out

A true artist, in my mind, is willing to fail sometimes, because if you're not brave enough to say yes and follow your gut, it's never going to be good.

I would love to be considered Zen, but I'm not sure that I am. Maybe just with animals and babies and in tough situations.

Insecurities are about as useful as trying to put the pin back in the grenade.

Men will wrangle for religion, write for it, fight for it, die for it; anything but live for it.

I think a lot of women wouldn't want to stay in a place where they're being harassed.

My life is spontaneous and things just kind of happen.

As soon as you publish a book and the reader reads it, they're making an extension of your brain with their brain.

I've always loved King Kong. He's like a modern-day myth, an icon of the cinema.