Isaac Singer - The greatness of art is to find not what is common, but what is unique

The greatness of art is to find not what is common, but what is unique.

Isaac Bashevis Singer

A Polish-American writer in Yiddish, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978.

Design & Arts

Creativity & Ideas

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There is no such thing as a new idea. It is impossible. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental kaleidoscope. We give them a turn and they make new and curious combinations. We keep on turning and making new combinations indefinitely, but they are the same old pieces of colored glass that have been in use through all the ages.

Mark Twain

Entrepreneur, publisher, lecturer, and the father of American literature and the greatest humorist the United States has produced.

Creativity & Ideas

Rules can be broken – but never ignored.

David Jury

A writer, award-winning graphic designer and the head of the MA course of Art at the Colchester Institute.

Creativity & Ideas
Design Principles

If you have no intuitive sense of design, then call yourself an “information architect” and only use Helvetica.

David Carson

An American graphic designer and surfer, best known for his innovative magazine design (Ray Gun), and use of experimental typography.

Creativity & Ideas
Talent

If designers and researchers do not sometimes fail, it is a sign that they are not trying hard enough—they are not thinking the great creative thoughts that will provide breakthroughs in how we do things. It is possible to avoid failure, to always be safe. But that is also the route to a dull, uninteresting life.

Donald A. Norman

An American researcher, professor, and author (The Design of Everyday Things). As Apple’s User Experience Architect (90's), he became the first person to have UX in his job title.

Creativity & Ideas
Flops & Failures

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