"The important thing is just to use whatever is at your disposal to create new ideas and to come up with stuff that's fresh and new. That's just the important thing. Rather than trying to recreate something, or going over the same old ground, create new things."
-Koji Kondo, Zelda and Mario
"To evoke emotions through art, in games or anything else, you have to break down your medium. What’s the minimum amount of information we can use to tell you what you need to know about an object? Use that, and no more."
-Luis Antonio, The Witness and Twelve Minutes
"The game designer shouldn't be making a world in which the player is just a small part. The player is the boss; it's your duty to entertain him or her."
-John Cormack, DOOM