I am a designer, now focused on urban furniture design. 
My design key points: to bring something new, to look good being simple and to be accesible to everyone.
My favourite quote about being a creative worker:  
"What is the work you consider the most important, architect?" "We are always happy to have things to do and we are happy to do them. We are happy to meet gentlemen and ladies who ask us to do things. We go to dinner with them, we chat, we show them the drawings, the models, we add, we take away, we change, we are all happy and we even discuss a little bit about the projects, sometimes for other reasons, maybe political or moral, we talk about how to dress, how to eat, we talk about wives, girlfriends, children, even Christmas nights and they even invite us to go on trips, maybe even to Polynesia. [...] We are very happy to have friends who make us do things. We do our best."   (Ettore Sottsass)