--- title: "1 Beautiful Matter Quotes By Alan Cooper" description: "1 Beautiful Matter quotes by Alan Cooper. Plus more from Alan Cooper and more Beautiful Matter sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb2/alan-cooper-20407_beautiful_no-matter-how-beautiful-no-matter-how-co_2204142.jpg" --- > [No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cooper/no-matter-how-beautiful-no-matter-how-cool-your-interface-it-would-be/) [Alan Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cooper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb2/alan-cooper-20407_beautiful_no-matter-how-beautiful-no-matter-how-co_2204142.jpg) ## More by Alan Cooper > [“In all other construction disciplines, engineers plan a construction strategy that craftmen execute. Engineers don't build bridges; ironworkers do. Only in software is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cooper/in-all-other-construction-disciplines-engineers-plan-a-construction/) [Alan Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cooper/) > [I just like so many different kinds of music that I like experimenting. I don't want to keep making the same record over and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cooper/i-just-like-so-many-different-kinds-of-music-that-i-like/) [Alan Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cooper/) > [Just how do I design if not with prototyping? An excellent question. The short answer is 'on paper.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cooper/just-how-do-i-design-if-not-with-prototyping-an-excellent-question/) [Alan Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cooper/) > [Define what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cooper/define-what-the-product-will-do-before-you-design-how-the-product/) [Alan Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cooper/) > [It's harder than you might think to squander millions of dollars, but a flawed software development process is a tool well suited to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cooper/it-s-harder-than-you-might-think-to-squander-millions-of-dollars-but/) [Alan Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cooper/) > [If you are not going to produce albums then you are not going to produce new fans. It's impossible. I'm a huge believer in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cooper/if-you-are-not-going-to-produce-albums-then-you-are-not-going-to/) [Alan Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cooper/) > [Men do not greet one another like this ... except perhaps at rugby club dinners.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cooper/men-do-not-greet-one-another-like-this-except-perhaps-at-rugby-club/) [Alan Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cooper/) > [I just try and learn to be a good husband and be a good father before I am a good rock star. That means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cooper/i-just-try-and-learn-to-be-a-good-husband-and-be-a-good-father-before/) [Alan Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cooper/) > [Because computers have memories, we imagine that they must be something like our human memories, but that is simply not true. Computer memories work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cooper/because-computers-have-memories-we-imagine-that-they-must-be/) [Alan Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cooper/) > [If we want users to like our software we should design it to behave like a likeable person: respectful, generous and helpful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cooper/if-we-want-users-to-like-our-software-we-should-design-it-to-behave/) [Alan Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cooper/) > [We don't fight about music. We don't fight about artistic direction. The things like that we could fight about, we really don't. We are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cooper/we-don-t-fight-about-music-we-don-t-fight-about-artistic-direction/) [Alan Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cooper/) > [While making art you should just do what is in your heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cooper/while-making-art-you-should-just-do-what-is-in-your-heart/) [Alan Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cooper/) > [You Don't Have to Go Home from Work Exhausted!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cooper/you-don-t-have-to-go-home-from-work-exhausted/) [Alan Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cooper/) > [Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cooper/design-principle-take-things-away-until-the-design-breaks-then-put/) [Alan Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cooper/) > [Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair. If you are making a chair, the sandpaper can make it smoother. But no amount of sandpaper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cooper/usability-methods-are-like-sandpapering-a-chair-if-you-are-making-a/) [Alan Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cooper/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful-matter/alan-cooper/#itemlist", "name": "1 Beautiful Matter Quotes By Alan Cooper", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alan Cooper" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cooper/no-matter-how-beautiful-no-matter-how-cool-your-interface-it-would-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb2/alan-cooper-20407_beautiful_no-matter-how-beautiful-no-matter-how-co_2204142.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb2/alan-cooper-20407_beautiful_no-matter-how-beautiful-no-matter-how-co_2204142.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb2/alan-cooper-20407_beautiful_no-matter-how-beautiful-no-matter-how-co_2204142.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it.” — Alan Cooper", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful-matter/alan-cooper/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful-matter/alan-cooper/", "name": "Beautiful Matter Quotes by Alan Cooper", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful-matter/alan-cooper/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb2/alan-cooper-20407_beautiful_no-matter-how-beautiful-no-matter-how-co_2204142.jpg" }, "description": "1 Beautiful Matter quotes by Alan Cooper. 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