#i

Now, where do I bring this thing down?" I asked. There was a hesitation, then, "You don't. We didn't design it to return. It was a redundancy we had no need for. Too costly, in terms of resources." "So what do I do? I just saved the Earth. And now I suffocate out here? ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#design

Because the eye has seen, thoughts are structured upon images and not upon ideas. ↗

— David Consuegra

#thought #design

Your objective should always be to eliminate instructions entirely by making everything self-explanatory, or as close to it as possible. When instructions are absolutely necessary, cut them back to a bare minimum. ↗

— Steve Krug

#usability #design

Faith is a fine invention When gentlemen can see, But microscopes are prudent In an emergency. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#religion #science #faith

North of the 49th parallel we value equality; south of it, they treasure freedom. ↗

— Michael Adams

#equality

Once in a while a new government initiates a program to put power to better use, but its success or failure never really proves anything. In science, experiments are designed, checked, altered, repeated-- but not in politics... We have no real cumulative knowledge. History tells us nothing. That's the tragedy of a political reformer. ↗

— B.F. Skinner

#politics #science #design

Many investigators feel uneasy stating in public that the origin of life is a mystery, even though behind closed doors they admit they are baffled. ↗

— Paul Davies

#biology #chemical-evolution #darwinism #evolution #id

To have faith is to be sure of the things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see. ↗

— Anonymous

#god #hope #pleasing-to-god #faith

Remember, the web isn't about control. If a visitor to your site is familiar with using a browser's native form doodad, you won't be doing them any favors if you override the browser functionality with your own widget, even if you think your widget looks better. ↗

— Jeremy Keith

#design

As a designer, you have to think in time and see things in sequence. You have to see information as a narrative form - Paul Mijksenaar quoted by Kim Baer ↗

— Paul Mijksenaar

#design