Quote - Jeffery Zeldman

Many outsiders believe that designers are unicorns, gifted or special in some way. We have an innate ability to create gorgeous interfaces, a natural talent for matching complementary colors, an unexplainable intuition for building beautiful typography.

None of this is true.

Becoming a great designer actually takes years of hard work, experimentation, and failure.

The problem with unicorn thinking is that it makes design seem unattainable to people who are interested, but don’t see themselves as creative types.

But they can turn these mental blocks into building blocks with a simple mindset shift. Instead of looking at other designers’ work with envy, think of it as the key to your success.

You can master it by stealing and copying from the best of the best ;)