The difference between a Designer and Developer when it comes to design skills, is the difference between shooting a bullet and throwing it. Scott Hanselman
Good ideas turn into good designs fairly quickly. If you catch yourself fiddling too much with colors, borders and treatments to bring a design together, chances are the problem lies somewhere deeper. Ryan Singer
Art is like masturbation. It is selfish and introverted and done for you and you alone. Design is like sex. There is someone else involved, their needs are just as important as your own, and if everything goes right, both parties are happy in the end. Colin Wright
If you know how to use a pencil to draw, you could draw anything. Now apply that to everything in life. Justin Durban
Graphic designers are, by and large selfish and spoiled. They stubbornly control and individually design things that are generally smaller than them, perfecting to a level appreciated only by people like them. They don’t share and play well with others. Wayne Hunt
In design man becomes what he is. Animals have language and perception as well, but they do not design. Otl Aicher