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“Solitude matters, and for some people, it's the air they breathe”
― Susan Cain

“So stay true to your own nature. If you like to do things in a slow and steady way, don't let others make you feel as if you have to race. If you enjoy depth, don't force yourself to seek breadth. If you prefer single-tasking to multi-tasking, stick to your guns. Being relatively unmoved by rewards gives you the incalculable power to go your own way.”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

“There's zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

“Colors do not exist separately and independently within nature; they are constantly shifting in response to subtle gradations of light. It is language that, magnificently, gives them clear shape.”
― Kenya Hara, White

“Because nonbeing longs for being, on occasion it creates a stronger sense of being than being itself.”
― Kenya Hara, White

“Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful.”
― John Maeda, The Laws of Simplicity

“The problem isn't how to make the world more technological. It's about how to make the world more humane again.”
― John Maeda

“While great art makes you wonder, great design makes things clear.”
― John Maeda, The Laws of Simplicity

“Design cannot rescue failed content.”
― Edward R. Tufte

“It is not how much empty space there is, but rather how it is used. It is not how much information there is, but rather how effectively it is arranged.”
― Edward Tufte