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> [Good design, like good painting, cooking, architecture or whatever you like, is a manifestation of the capacity of the human spirit to transcend its limitations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-nelson/good-design-like-good-painting-cooking-architecture-or-whatever-you/)

[George Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-nelson/)

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## More by George Nelson

> [I have never met a designer who was retained to keep things the same as they were](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-nelson/i-have-never-met-a-designer-who-was-retained-to-keep-things-the-same/)

[George Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-nelson/)

> [Design is a response to social change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-nelson/design-is-a-response-to-social-change/)

[George Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-nelson/)

> [You don't think your way to creative work. You work your way to creative thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-nelson/you-don-t-think-your-way-to-creative-work-you-work-your-way-to/)

[George Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-nelson/)

> [What is the crowning glory of your civilization... the symbol as clear a statement as the pyramids, the Parthenon, the cathedrals? What is this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-nelson/what-is-the-crowning-glory-of-your-civilization-the-symbol-as-clear-a/)

[George Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-nelson/)

> [Good design, like good painting, cooking, architecture or whatever you like, is a manifestation of the capacity of the human spirit to transcend its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-nelson/good-design-like-good-painting-cooking-architecture-or-whatever-you/)

[George Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-nelson/)

> [Russel Wright was the most responsible for the shift in taste toward modern in the late 1930s.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-nelson/russel-wright-was-the-most-responsible-for-the-shift-in-taste-toward/)

[George Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-nelson/)

> [Unless ideas are massaged into reality they evaporate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-nelson/unless-ideas-are-massaged-into-reality-they-evaporate/)

[George Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-nelson/)

> [“About arrows - "They prick, cajole, exhort, sell, direct; and there is no way of measuring the amount of brain damage they do. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-nelson/about-arrows-they-prick-cajole-exhort-sell-direct-and-there-is-no-way/)

[George Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-nelson/)

> [No design can exist in isolation. It is always related, sometimes in very complex ways, to an entire constellation of influencing situations and attitudes.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-nelson/no-design-can-exist-in-isolation-it-is-always-related-sometimes-in/)

[George Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-nelson/)

> [The simple joy of taking an idea into one's own hands and giving it proper form, that's exciting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-nelson/the-simple-joy-of-taking-an-idea-into-one-s-own-hands-and-giving-it/)

[George Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-nelson/)

> [“We also like obsolete styles because the past is dead, and hence contains no surprises.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-nelson/we-also-like-obsolete-styles-because-the-past-is-dead-and-hence/)

[George Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-nelson/)

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