"There are some things in painting which cannot be explained, and that something is essential." - Pierre Auguste Renoir

"We’re all naturally curious when we’re eight years old. But as most people get older, they become less and less curious, so they ask other people to be curious for them. That’s what I do for a living." - Ron Miriello

"Turning away bad clients can leave you feeling oddly guilty. They’re sort of like alcoholic or meth head cousins who force you, by their own bad behavior into denying them things you wouldn’t deny other people. You’re left feeling not quite yourself." - Carolyn Wood

"Without good design it is easy to miss the point." - Bjarni Wark

"No one ever discovered anything new by coloring inside the lines." - Thomas Vasquez

"Beautiful accidents can happen, but accident is not the basis for design excellence. Purposeful discovery followed by focused, skillful conceptualization and execution is the basis for design excellence." - Andy Rutledge

"I think designers who aren’t selfish do really awful work." - Paul Sahre

"Designers don’t actually solve problems. They work through them." - Marty Neumeier

"I try not to think out of the box anymore, but on its edge, its corner, its flap, and under its bar code." - Clint Runge

"If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing." - Marc Chagall

"Creativity is in everyone; it just manifests itself differently with each person. My CPA, for example, is one of the most creative people I know." - Ron Miriello

"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind." - Dr. Seuss