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Words
Thomas Walichiewicz

“My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

— Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Ozymandias” (1818)

As Christopher Butler puts it, you can be a great designer and be completely unknown. Fame fades. Usefulness lasts.

You Can Be a Great Designer and Be Completely Unknown