QUOTE: The idea that you could make a website and…

The idea that you could make a website and not know HTML blows my mind because it's like building a building and not knowing what a brick is…You can be a CSS wizard or you can know the basics, but you should at least have some foundational knowledge of what your building material is.

—Ryan during the 37signals podcast Design roundtable – Part 3 (transcript to Part 3 now available).