Average Quote by Fred Brooks

Perhaps believing in good design is like believing in God, it makes you an optimist.

— Anonymous

It's a lot easier to change and improve a thing that is already finished as opposed to something you're in the middle of.

— Brendan Hunt

Design means being good, not just looking good.

— Clement Mok

How good the design is doesn't matter near as much as whether the design is getting better or worse. If it is getting better,…

— Kent Beck

If you focus on the flaws of others it takes away from the improvements that you may need to make.

— Christofer Drew

Good design means as little design as possible.

— Dieter Rams

Not all design is for the general good.

— Paola Antonelli

It is not enough that your designs, nay that your actions, are intrinsically good, you must take care they shall appear so.

— Henry Fielding

Once you think you have the formula for good design, you’re dead. You cease to be a good designer at that point.

— Michael Vanderbyl

Really great design is hard. Good is the enemy of great. Competent design is not too much of a stretch. But if you are…

— Jonathan Ive

The way I look at my job, I spend a lot of time trying to create the conditions for good design to happen and…

— Khoi Vinh

Once you eliminate quality as a requirement, the entire design process becomes a whole lot easier.

— Jared Spool