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> [Content precedes design. Design in the absence of content is not design, it's decoration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-zeldman/content-precedes-design-design-in-the-absence-of-content-is-not/)

[Jeffrey Zeldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-zeldman/)

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## Other authors on Best design

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-steve-jobs-87290.jpg) Steve Jobs 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/best-design/steve-jobs/)

## More by Jeffrey Zeldman

> [Good information architecture enables people to find and do what they came for. Great information architecture takes find out of the equation: the site…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-zeldman/good-information-architecture-enables-people-to-find-and-do-what-they/)

[Jeffrey Zeldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-zeldman/)

> [Comments are proof most people don't read the articles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-zeldman/comments-are-proof-most-people-don-t-read-the-articles/)

[Jeffrey Zeldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-zeldman/)

> [Web design is the creation of digital environments that facilitate and encourage human activity; reflect or adapt to individual voices and content; and change…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-zeldman/web-design-is-the-creation-of-digital-environments-that-facilitate/)

[Jeffrey Zeldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-zeldman/)

> [Test everything, including assumptions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-zeldman/test-everything-including-assumptions/)

[Jeffrey Zeldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-zeldman/)

> [That's the rational premise behind my spending hours of billable time adjusting my Facebook preferences. The real reason, of course, for all this stuff,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-zeldman/that-s-the-rational-premise-behind-my-spending-hours-of-billable-time/)

[Jeffrey Zeldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-zeldman/)

> [When I see Facebook, I feel like Howlin' Wolf must have felt when he first heard Elvis. 'They finally taught a white boy to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-zeldman/when-i-see-facebook-i-feel-like-howlin-wolf-must-have-felt-when-he/)

[Jeffrey Zeldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-zeldman/)

> [Good Web design is about the character of the content, not the character of the designer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-zeldman/good-web-design-is-about-the-character-of-the-content-not-the/)

[Jeffrey Zeldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-zeldman/)

> [Whether the task is writing, design, or hanging a picture straight, it is obvious that we do our best work when healthy, rested, refreshed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-zeldman/whether-the-task-is-writing-design-or-hanging-a-picture-straight-it/)

[Jeffrey Zeldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-zeldman/)

> [“Spec = asking the world to have sex with you and promising dinner date to one lucky winner.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-zeldman/spec-asking-the-world-to-have-sex-with-you-and-promising-dinner-date/)

[Jeffrey Zeldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-zeldman/)

> [Don't worry about people stealing your design work. Worry about the day they stop.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-zeldman/don-t-worry-about-people-stealing-your-design-work-worry-about-the/)

[Jeffrey Zeldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-zeldman/)

> [Real web designers write code. Always have, always will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-zeldman/real-web-designers-write-code-always-have-always-will/)

[Jeffrey Zeldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-zeldman/)

> [Usability is like love. You have to care, you have to listen, and you have to be willing to change. You’ll make mistakes along…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-zeldman/usability-is-like-love-you-have-to-care-you-have-to-listen-and-you/)

[Jeffrey Zeldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-zeldman/)

> [The best way to engage honestly with the marketplace via Twitter is to never use the words "engage," "honestly," or "marketplace."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-zeldman/the-best-way-to-engage-honestly-with-the-marketplace-via-twitter-is/)

[Jeffrey Zeldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-zeldman/)

> [Content precedes design. Design in the absence of content is not design, it's decoration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-zeldman/content-precedes-design-design-in-the-absence-of-content-is-not/)

[Jeffrey Zeldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-zeldman/)

> [Content informs design; design without content is decoration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-zeldman/content-informs-design-design-without-content-is-decoration/)

[Jeffrey Zeldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-zeldman/)

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