Design Quotes

3017 Design quotes by 1636 unique authors

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 of… — Terence Conran
Good design allows things to operate more efficiently, smoothly, and comfortably for the user. That's the real source of advantage. Businesses have started to understand… — James P Hackett
Google has the functionality of a really complicated Swiss Army knife, but the home page is our of approaching it closed... It's simple, it's elegant… — Marissa Mayer
Think more design less — Ellen Lupton
Imitation can be commercial suicide. — William Bernbach
The last person I ever want working for me is someone who says 'that's not in my job description. — Neil deGrasse Tyson
As the saying goes, type is a beautiful group of letters, not a group of beautiful letters. — Matthew Carter
Typography is to literature as musical performance is to composition: an essential act of interpretation, full of endless opportunities for insight or obtuseness. — Robert Bringhurst
What I feel fortunate about is that I'm still astonished, that things still amaze me. And I think that that's the great benefit of being… — Milton Glaser
Our job is to bring the dead facts to life. — William Bernbach
Design is more than just a few tricks to the eye. It's a few tricks to the brain. — Neville Brody
A bad website is like a grumpy salesperson. — Jakob Nielsen
The truth is, it's not the idea, it's never the idea, it's always what you do with it. — Neil Gaiman
Art is sort of an experimental station in which one tries out living. — John Cage
Certainty is a closing of the mind. To create something new you must have doubt. — Milton Glaser
There is no such thing as a good or bad ad in isolation. What is good at one moment is bad at another. Research can… — William Bernbach
The work needs to get out of your head and on to the table, and it needs to be done from the heart. — Paula Scher
Having a favorite color is like having a favorite lung. — Sara Genn
Typography at its best is a visual form of language linking timelessness and time. — Robert Bringhurst
Everyone interested in licensing our field might note that the reason licensing has been invented is to protect the public, not designers or clients. 'Do… — Milton Glaser
Rules are what the artist breaks; the memorable never emerged from a formula. — William Bernbach
Any fool can make soap. It takes a clever man to sell it. — Unknown Author
Genius gives birth, talent delivers. What Rembrandt or Van Gogh saw in the night can never be seen again. — Jack Kerouac
Interesting things happen when the creative impulse is cultivated with curiosity, freedom and intensity. — Saul Bass
The idea of trying able to explain why you do what you do is absurd. — Milton Glaser

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