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Donald Norman

"Everyday people are not very good designers."

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"AS for all those mistakes I make - they are on purpose - to teach you how to deal with them."
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"So what does a good teacher do? Create tension - but just the right amount."
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"Isn't one of your first exercises in learning how to communicate to write a description of how to tie your shoelaces? The point being that it's basically impossible to use text to show that."
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