Quotes

Life, the universe, etc

It’s a very nice idea that there should be a morality about living which is not connected with any supernatural belief but a general belief about what is right and what is wrong.
— David Attenborough

There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
— Douglas Adams

A cheese may disappoint. It may be dull, it may be naive, it may be oversophisticated. Yet it remains cheese, milk’s leap toward immortality.
— Clifton Fadiman

Love

In art as in lovemaking, heartfelt ineptitude has its appeal and so does heartless skill, but what you want is passionate virtuosity.
— John Barth

Adieu, dit le renard. Voici mon secret. Il est très simple: on ne voit bien qu’avec le cœur. L’essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

La patrie est là où l’on nous aime.
— Lermontov

Don’t frown because its over. Smile because it happened.
— Anonymous

Art & Design

When in doubt make it big. If still in doubt, make it red. This rule of thumb, a slight but crucial improvement over “If it’s big and ugly, it isn’t big enough”, is embraced by a surprisingly wide range of famous graphic designers.
— Michael Bierut

Art has to move you and design does not, unless it’s a good design for a bus.
— David Hockney

Words have meaning, type has spirit.
— Paula Scher

Leadership, Work & Career choices

Leaders are not what many people think–people with huge crowds following them. Leaders are people who go their own way without caring, or even looking to see whether anyone is following them. “Leadership qualities” are not the qualities that enable people to attract followers, but those that enable them to do without them. They include, at the very least, courage, endurance, patience, humor, flexibility, resourcefulness, determination, a keen sense of reality, and the ability to keep a cool and clear head even when things are going badly. This is the opposite of the “charisma” that we hear so much about.
— John Holt

A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself, he always appears to be doing both.
— L.P Jack

If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they’ll work for you with blood and sweat and tears.
— Simon Sinek

Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
— Seneca