The question I wanted to answer was, could I train my mind to be happy the same way one trains ones body?

Hobbies are for people that don't like what they're doing.

To be a good designer, you would need to have deep and far-reaching interests outside of the profession.

Complaining is silly. Either act or forget.

You can have an art experience in front of a Rembrandt... or in front of a piece of graphic design.

I think it's ultimately inhuman to only see things for their functionality. We want things to be more than that. The desire for beauty is something that's in us, and it's not trivial.

Ensure it feels like it's made by humans, for humans.

Yes, design can make you happy.

I have done enough bullshit lately, I just have to make time for something better. Something good.

I don't think there is a particular responsibility on designers that is not on other professions... I think there's a responsibility for all of us to engage on all levels.

I discovered that I never really used Helvetica but I like to look at it. I like the VW beetle, too, although I've never driven one.

Beauty has its own ways.

A Man's management of his own purse speaks volumes about character

For someone who needs refuge, a key is provided.

Pete and Repeat are in a boat, Pete jumps out who's left in the boat?

I keep the subject of my inquiry constantly before me, and wait till the first dawning opens gradually, by little and little, into a full and clear light.

Sometimes I get a little sad, and I feel like being alone. Then I talk to my cat about it, and he reminds me I’m James Franco. Then we dance.

Although I do stand-up - doing actual stage work is terrifying for me.

What an antithetical mind! - tenderness, roughness - delicacy, coarseness - sentiment, sensuality - soaring and groveling, dirt and deity - all mixed up in that one compound of inspired clay!

Our stay-put behavior reflects our view that the stock market serves as a relocation center at which money is moved from the active to the patient.

There is two things that can disrupt business in this country. One is War, and the other is a meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank.