Common Quote by Adrian Forty

Design works if it's authentic, inspired, and has a clear point of view. It can't be a collection of input.

— Ron Johnson

No design is possible until the materials with which you design are completely understood

— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Design has to work. Art does not.

— Donald Judd

Design isn't just how it looks. It's how it works.

— Steve Jobs

No design can exist in isolation. It is always related, sometimes in very complex ways, to an entire constellation of influencing situations and attitudes.…

— George Nelson

Good design is probably 98% common sense. Above all, an object must function well and efficiently-and getting that part right requires a good deal…

— Terence Conran

Design is not the act of amazing an audience with the novelty of forms or materials; it is the originality that repeatedly extracts astounding…

— Kenya Hara

Design is people.

— Jane Jacobs

Design work doesn't just satisfy requirements, it elicits them.

— Fred Brooks

I really don't over-theorize about design. I'd rather feel it than talk it to death. A lot happens as you unroll the design.

— Colleen Atwood

Design is something you have to put your hand to,

— I. M. Pei

It would be very interesting to design objects for everyday life, something where the ideas that are expressed can be launched into society.

— Zaha Hadid