"The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play of instinct acting from inner necessity, the creative mind plays with the objects it loves." -Carl Jung

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage" -Anais Nin

"Conditions for creativity are to be puzzled; to concentrate; to accept conflict and tension; to be born everyday; to feel a sense of self." -Erich Fromm

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." -Mahatma Gandhi

"Good design is a renaissance attitude that combines technology, cognitive science, human need and beauty to prooduce something that the world didn't know was missing." -Paola Antonelli

"Aesthetics matter. Attractive things work better." -Don Norman

"It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got." -Sheryl Crow

"Opportunity favors the prepared mind..." - tag line for BlackRock Investment 

my mantra...
"When the going gets tough, the tough get going." - Joseph P. Kennedy