“Seek out people who are willing to level with you, and when you find them, hold them close.” — Ed Catmull, Creativity, Inc. “Part of our job is to protect the new from people who don’t understand that, in order for greatness to emerge, there must be phases of not-so-greatness.” — Ed Catmull, Creativity, Inc. “There is one more general guiding principle of Design (and of Life): Don’t be a wimp.