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“It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“We have to endure the discordance between imagination and fact. It is better to say, “I am suffering,” than to say, “This landscape is ugly.”
― Simone Weil

“I remember going home at night, exhausted, feeling like I was balancing on the backs of a herd of horses—only some of the horses were thoroughbreds, some were completely wild, and some were ponies who were struggling to keep up. I found it hard enough to hold on, let alone steer. Simply”
― Ed Catmull, Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

“You will learn most things by looking, but reading gives understanding. Reading will make you free.”
― Paul Rand

“One should never mistake pattern… for meaning.”
― Iain M. Banks, The Hydrogen Sonata

“the vase once had an extremely common use. Most probably it was used for cooking-oil. It was made by a designer of those times, when art and life went hand in hand and there was no such thing as a work of art to look at and just any old thing to use. I”
― Bruno Munari, Design as Art

“The greatest freedom comes from the greatest strictness.’(Paul Valéry)”
― Bruno Munari, Design as Art

“Being too risk-averse causes many companies to stop innovating and to reject new ideas, which is the first step on the path to irrelevance.”
― Ed Catmull, Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

“There are a million ways to make money in the markets. The irony is that they are all very difficult to find.”
― Jack D. Schwager