David Ross

“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

“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners...All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know it’s normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work.” – Ira Glass Be”
― Chad Camara, The UX Learner's Guidebook: A Ramp & Reference for Aspiring UX Designers

“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

“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