Taken from a Fashion-Incubator posting regarding pattern frustrations.

"It is quite natural that we should adopt a defensive and negative attitude towards every new opinion concerning something on which we have already an opinion of our own. For it forces its way as an enemy into the previously closed system of our own convictions, shatters the calm of mind we have attained through this system, demands renewed efforts of us and declares our former efforts to have been in vain." --Arthur Schopenhauer

 "The traits of work that makes someone happy:

1. stretches a person without defeating him

2. provides clear goals

3. provides unambiguous feedback

4. provides a sense of control"
--The Economist as cited by Penelope Trunk.