If you do only what you know and do it very, very well, chances are that you won’t fail. You’ll just stagnate, and your work will get less and less interesting, and that’s failure by erosion.

—Twyla Tharp

White space is to be regarded as an active element, not a passive background.

—Jan Tschichold

Debates over terminology and semantics are for archivists and academics. If you’re interested in the living heart of what you do, focus on building things rather than talking about them.

—Ryan Frehitas

Be wary of minimalism as an aesthetic decision without cause.

—Frank Chimero

Quiet is always an option, even if everyone is yelling.

—Frank Chimero

The one thing that will out-trump everything is just to out-work the bastards

—Roy Spence

Sometimes an idea is just so simple and perfect why try to be clever about it.

—Rich Brown

I am sick of hearing people say, ‘Oh, I love your code, I wish I could do that.’ You can. The only reason you can’t is because you don’t practice enough.

—John Nunemaker:

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

—Ralph Waldo Emerson

Focus on your type. It’s the most important skill a designer can have.

—Frank Chimero