Design Quotes

Good design is invisible; you only notice it when it is bad. These quotes come from designers, architects, and creative thinkers who understand that making something simple is usually the hardest work of all.

“I mean, I think about it, but I don't design my record to get a certain public response.”

Liz Phair

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“Design can have such a positive impact on the way people live and on their relationships and moods.”

Genevieve Gorder

“I had a faux-hawk for a while and I used to buzz the sides and design it. It was really bad.”

Joe Jonas

“User-centered design means working with your users all throughout the project.”

Donald Norman

“How can you look at the Texas legislature and still believe in intelligent design?”

Kinky Friedman

“I was a cartoonist when I was at university, but I decided to go into movie making knowing that I could still draw by doing movies, design work, story boards, and such.”

Robert Rodriguez

“God is His own Design and End, and that there is no other Worthy of Him.”

Mary Astell

“I think it's really important to design things with a kind of personality.”

Marc Newson

“People who run a ready-to-wear company are businessmen rather than production or design people.”

Calvin Klein

“In my opinion, no single design is apt to be optimal for everyone.”

Donald Norman

“I like design, I like details, to me it is just another form of self-expression.”

John Malkovich

“We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance and truly begin to live our dreams.”

Les Brown

“I have always had an interest in fashion and design and I appreciate style and timelessness within my footwear and accessories both on and off the court.”

Maria Sharapova

“The design of the Mac wasn't what it looked like, although that was part of it. Primarily, it was how it worked. To design something really well, you have to get it. You have to really grok what it's all about. It takes a passionate commitment to really thoroughly understand something, chew it up, not just quickly swallow it.”

Steve Jobs

“The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them.”

Jean Cocteau

“Delay always breeds danger and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.”

Miguel de Cervantes

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