Design Quotes

The interface is the system. — 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know

If simplicity were easy, we would see more of it. — Tom Kelley, The Art of Innovation, 2001

When we build, let us think that we build forever — John Ruskin

We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us. — Marshall Mc Luhan

It’s not information overload. It’s filter failure. — Clay Shirky

Sometimes the killer app is a simple form, not a fancy UI and complex data visualisation — Amir Dotan

How to Start a Career in UX Design? Start somewhere, then practice 10.000 hours. — UX Matters

Math is easy. Design is hard. — ambidextrous

If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough. — Albert Einstein

Seek simplicity, but distrust it. — Alfred North Whitehead

A picture is worth a thousand words. An interface is worth a thousand pictures. — Ben Schneiderman

A design isn’t finished until somebody is using it. — Brenda Laurel

If you are demanding registration before checkout, you need to cease this practice immediately. It is costing you a fortune. — Bruce Tognazzini

The definition of an expert is someone who knows what not to do. — Charles Willson

We are not artists or poets. We are artisans and craftsmen. Our products solve problems. They do not hang on museum walls. — Dan Lacivita

Whoever best describes the problem is the person most likely to solve the problem. — Dan Roam

If your interface requires instructions, it needs to be redesigned. — Dan Rubin

Preparation gives birth to self-confidence — Denise Harman

Attractive things work better…When you wash and wax a car, it drives better, doesn’t it? Or at least feels like it does. — Don Norman

You can analyse the past, but you have to design the future. — Edward de Bono

Good design is a lot like clear thinking made visual. — Edward Tufte

There is no such thing as information overload, just bad design. If something is cluttered and/or confusing, fix your design. — Edward Tufte

You can fix it on the drafting board with an eraser, or on the construction site with a sledge hammer. — Frank Lloyd Wright

I never design a building before I’ve seen the site and met the people who will be using it. — Frank Lloyd Wright

Design is telling stories about the future. — Handbook of Cognitive Task Design

If design isn’t profitable, then it’s art. — Henrik Fiskar

Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones. — Herbert Simon

Information is only useful when it can be understood — Infographics Conference 2010, Zeist

We don’t get hired to make pretty things or win design awards. We get hired to solve business problems. — James Bradley

In all situations where bad design decisions were made, people lacked some information that would have helped them make the right decision. — Jared Spool

Designers can create normalcy out of chaos; they can clearly communicate ideas through the organising and manipulating of words and pictures. — Jeffrey Veen

The simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction. — John Maeda

A healthy disrespect for the impossible. — Larry Page

Design isn’t something that designers produce, design is a process that designers facilitate. — Leah Buley

To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time. — Leonard Bernstein

I think design covers so much more than the aesthetic. Design is fundamentally more. Design is usability. It is Information Architecture. It is Accessibility. This is all design. — Mark Boulton

The best designs are those that dissolve into behavior. — Naoto Fukasawa

The best designs are those that dissolve into behavior. — Naoto Fukasawa

People think that design is styling. Design is not style. It’s not about giving shape to the shell and not giving a damn about the guts. Good design is a renaissance attitude that combines technology, cognitive science, human need, and beauty to produce something that the world didn’t know it was missing. — Paola Antonelli

If you can’t solve a problem, it’s because you’re playing by the rules. — Paul Arden

Because every person knows what he likes, every person thinks he is an expert on user interfaces. — Paul Heckel

Design is so simple, that’s why it is so complicated. — Paul Rand

The design of good houses requires an understanding of both the construction materials and the behavior of humans. — Peter Morville

The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and to be understood. — Ralph Nichols

If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur. — Red Adair

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. — Seneca

Good design means never having to say “Click Here.” — Shawn Leslie

Start with a sketch, but make it quick. There’s real work to be done. — Stefan Hartwig

Design is not just what it looks and feels like. Design is how it works. — Steve Jobs

Don’t make me think — Steve Krug

Had I but more time,I would have written less. — Thomas Jefferson

Everybody is a user experience designer. — Whitney Hess

Our beliefs and our attention are the same fact. — William James