2% knowing when to stop...

a few good quotes for all you creative folk.

What is the mark of Web success in 2009? A million page views in a week? A spike in Twitter mentions? Both are meaningful indices, but not quite as satisfying as traffic crashing your whole site. It’s the Internet version of a standing ovation.
— Sasha Frere-Jones

Design is 70% dealing with people, 3% the idea, 2% selling the idea, 2% the brief, 2% being pig headed, 1% printing, 3% eye for detail, .6% invoices, 2% coffee, .7% tracking, .1% warm glow, .6% panic, 1% 4am, .6% staring, .2% checking, 1% letting go, .8% keeping hold, .7% estimates, .3% checking, .4% proofs, .1% colour, .9% understanding, .4% marketing, 1% checking, .8% beach ball, .5% mice, .3% keynotes, .4% persuasion, .2% bragging, .5% smiling, 2% knowing when to stop.
- Duane King

Doing anything worthwhile takes forever. 90% of what separates successful people and failed people is time, effort, and stamina.
- Hugh MacLeod

* check out Hugh MacLeod's new book Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity. tidbits from his book here.