David Ross

“When experimentation is seen as necessary and productive, not as a frustrating waste of time, people will enjoy their work—”
― Ed Catmull, Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

“When you design you imagine, refine, and communicate something that currently doesn’t exist. The creation process is often unpredictable, messy, confusing, and ambiguous up until the last moment. To become a UX Designer you must learn to embrace the beauty of ambiguity. To come up with something new the process of creation has to be unclear, at least for a little while. You must learn to trust that your process, methods, experience, and judgement will eventually help you find your way out of the woods.”
― Chad Camara, The UX Learner's Guidebook: A Ramp & Reference for Aspiring UX Designers

“Everything grand is made from a series of ugly little moments. Everything worthwhile by hours of self-doubt and days of drudgery. All the works by people you and I admire sit atop a foundation of failures. So whatever your project, whatever your struggle,”
― Pierce Brown, Morning Star

“Imagine there was a table covered with fleas,” he explains. “The fleas would jump and jump to heights unknown. Then a man came along and upturned a glass jar over the fleas. The fleas jumped and hit the top of the jar and could go no farther. Then the man removed the jar and yet the fleas did not jump higher than they had grown accustomed, because they believed there to still be a glass ceiling.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising