The essential test of design is how well it assists the understanding of the content, not how stylish it is.

Only drug dealers and software companies call their customers 'users'

It is straightforward for me to be ethical, responsible, and kind-hearted because I have the resources to support that.

Graphical excellence is that which gives to the viewer the greatest number of ideas in the shortest time with the least ink in the smallest space.

Design isn't crafting a beautiful, textured button with breathtaking animation. It's figuring out if there's a way to get rid of the button altogether.

If the statistics are boring, you've got the wrong numbers.

Good design is a lot like clear thinking made visual.

Design cannot rescue failed content.

Clutter and confusion are failures of design, not attributes of information.

The world is complex, dynamic, multidimensiona l; the paper is static, flat. How are we to represent the rich visual world of experience and measurement on mere flatland?

Simple design, intense content.

In that moment I found a power beyond any I'd had before, a will and a determination I would never have need if not for Lucinda, a fortitude I hadn't been able to find for a lesser cause.

One of the chief paradoxes of our culture [is] that the welfare of its children, its _future_, is placed almost exclusively in the hands of people of low status, a class it holds in contempt.

Our confidence is not in what we have, but He who freely gave us what we have. If God's will is in your little stones, they will surely bring down giant Goliaths... but you have to make the throw!

Jace, Clary thought, was the sort of person who liked it when things were happening, even things that were bad

The one [the logician] studies the science of drawing conclusions, the other [the mathematician] the science which draws necessary conclusions.

A true martial artist, in my books anyways, is someone who is going to do the right thing and lead by example.

It is not disbelief that is dangerous to our society; it is belief.

I figured if the plane goes down, I'll go with a great genius and will always have my name connected with his.

There are some masters from whom you can learn good things. Streets are one of those masters!

The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God.