Design Quotes

3017 Design quotes by 1636 unique authors

Good design is making something intelligible and memorable. Great design is making something memorable and meaningful. — Dieter Rams
There are three basic principles behind any well-designed product: truth, humanity, and simplicity. — Sohrab Vossoughi
The science of design, or of line-drawing, if you like to use this term, is the source and very essence of painting, sculpture, architecture... Sometimes...… — Michelangelo
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. — George Nelson
Good design means as little design as possible. — Dieter Rams
Design is thinking made visual. — Saul Bass
There is no better designer than nature — Alexander McQueen
When you make something no one hates, no one loves it. — Tibor Kalman
If there were a prerequisite for the future successful digital creative, it would be the passion for discovery. — John Maeda
A person should design the way he makes a living around how he wishes to make a life. — Charlie Byrd
It is a fact that, in the West, we live in a capitalist society, but that does not mean that we cannot be guided by… — Giorgio Armani
A true leader is one who designs the cathedral and then shares the vision that inspires others to build it. — Jan Carlzon
Any baseball is beautiful. No other small package comes as close to the ideal design and utility. It is a perfect object for a man's… — Roger Angell
Workers must root out the idea that by keeping the results of their labors to themselves a fortune will be assured to them. Patent fees… — Lawrence Hargrave
In evolution, as in all areas of science, our knowledge is incomplete. But the entire success of the scientific enterprise has depended on an insistence… — Bruce Alberts
The most innovative designers consciously reject the standard option box and cultivate an appetite for thinking wrong. — Marty Neumeier
A designer is a planner with an aesthetic sense. — Bruno Munari
Good design begins with honesty, asks tough questions, comes from collaboration and from trusting your intuition. — Freeman Thomas
You can't do better design with a computer, but you can speed up your work enormously. — Wim Crouwel
Of all the achievements of the human mind, the birth of the alphabet is the most momentous. — Frederic Goudy
That is what the title of artist means: one who perceives more than his fellows, and who records more than he has seen. — Unknown Author
Type design moves at the pace of the most conservative reader. The good type-designer therefore realizes that, for a new font to be successful, it… — Stanley Morison
Simplicity, carried to an an extreme, becomes elegance. — Jon Franklin
In the wake of the Supreme Court of Canada decision (Chaoulli-Zeliotis), the Canadian Medicare system is about to be redesigned. Physicians must not just sit… — Brian Day
Complacency with our traditional judgement based thinking methods is not enough. Our existing thinking habits are excellent just as the rear wheel of a motor… — Edward de Bono

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