Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Wherever you are - be all there.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
I try to look at design from a more conceptual standpoint.
Art has definitely influenced how I think of design, both as individual items and as a body of work.