Interface designer Kerem Suer on being a designer:

… Regardless of how good of a designer you think you are, you can always improve. But if you can’t digest feedback, you won’t. If you can’t improve, you’re done designing. Go learn something new, and never stop learning. Stay open. The best ideas come from the places you’d least expect them to. As one of my idols, architect Zaha Hadid once said, “There are 360 degrees, so why stick to one?”

Very true, and something we should often remind ourselves of. This is also one of the reasons why I love what I do so much; Last year, I mostly did not know the technology nor the tools I use today. Several of the projects I work on today couldn’t have existed one year ago. Next year, the situation will be same.