The Zest Jar

A collection of quotations that I need to keep. They might have inspired me or motivated me. They might have made me laugh. They might have been pathetic. They might have given me valuable advice.
Or they might just be valuable memories from my life.

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May 25, 2012

Why don’t they [Google] make special T-shirts for girls? We [girls] are such rare commodities!

— Zuiena Kabir

Apr 11, 2012

to create truly useful new works, type designers need to examine not only how characters relate to each other within a style, but also how different styles relate to each other within a family.

— Peter Biľak

Apr 9, 2012

Having a designer focus on visuals is like having a sculptor lay brick. Designers are great decision makers.

— Patrick Algrim

Mar 25, 2012

The details are not the details. They make the design.

— Charles Eames

(Source: getsomegumption)

Mar 24, 2012

When your competitors and enemies admire you, that’s when you’re truly great.

— Mom

Mar 22, 2012

Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like. People think it’s this veneer — that the designers are handed this box and told, “Make it look good!” That’s not what we think design is. It’s not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

— Steve Jobs

(Source: therealj05h, via flawlessdivergence)

Mar 20, 2012

What are some descriptive quality differences between a bunny and a tape dispenser?

— Matt

Mar 20, 2012

When discussing line compositions

Uriel: It's the cross section of an onion.
Matt: Are onions very active?

Mar 18, 2012

I loved Walt so much. He was just, just darling and so kind to me and patient. He never criticized me. I just adored him.

— Virginia Davis, first actress to play Alice in Walt’s animation

Jan 27, 2012

Oh my god, my pokemon are too strong. Every time I try to catch a pokemon, I end up killing it.

— Julia Shen

Jan 27, 2012

(Picks up Sahana’s plastic animal, which is supposed to be worn on the shoulder) How does this fit her head? Her head must be tiny!

— Jenn Kang

Jan 27, 2012

There is no way that I will get in the same fucking room with her!!

— Julia Shen

Jan 20, 2012

Rachel: I have two extra bones on my feet.
Jess: Me too! Where? Is it like by your big toe?
Rachel: No, it's like right here.
Jess: Oh...I thought we could share or something.

Jan 8, 2012

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

— Buddha

Dec 31, 2011

It’s very easy to be different, but very difficult to be better.

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Jonathan Ive  - Being different is art; anyone can do it, because we all have something already there that distinguishes us from everyone else. But being better, wow, that takes time, decades even. Being better is the same as being different, but it’s being different with a purpose.

(via gregmelander)