"It’s a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you’re ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now. And you may as well do it now. Generally speaking, now is as good a time as any."
— Hugh Laurie (via lackapathy)
(Source: silkandmarble, via clayandbros)
"My dream is to have people working on useless projects. These have the germ of new concepts."
— Charles Eames
"Our studio is like a design laboratory and everyone is trying to prove a theory, or exercise an equation."
— Stephen Doyle
"I’m trying to find a way of working which reduces the number of layers of assholes between me and the public."
— Tibor Kalman
"Read. Travel. Read. Ask. Read. Learn. Read. Connect. Read."
— Erik Spiekermann
"I’m often asked for advice on how to become a better graphic designer, and this is my response: ‘two things: learn how to do crossword puzzles, and learn how to write.’"
— Chip Kidd
"Ideas are cheap. Always be passionate about ideas and communicating those ideas and discoveries to others in the things you make."
— Charles Eames
"If nothing else, a student must get from his training a feeling of security in change."
— Charles Eames
"Innovate as a last resort. More horrors are done in the name of innovation than any other."
— Charles Eames
