Why don’t they [Google] make special T-shirts for girls? We [girls] are such rare commodities!
— Zuiena Kabir
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.
Why don’t they [Google] make special T-shirts for girls? We [girls] are such rare commodities!
— Zuiena Kabir
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.
Having a designer focus on visuals is like having a sculptor lay brick. Designers are great decision makers.
— Patrick Algrim
The details are not the details. They make the design.
— Charles Eames
(Source: getsomegumption)
When your competitors and enemies admire you, that’s when you’re truly great.
— Mom
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)
What are some descriptive quality differences between a bunny and a tape dispenser?
— Matt
Uriel: It's the cross section of an onion.
Matt: Are onions very active?
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
Oh my god, my pokemon are too strong. Every time I try to catch a pokemon, I end up killing it.
— Julia Shen
(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
There is no way that I will get in the same fucking room with her!!
— Julia Shen
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.
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
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)