Great Design Quotes

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  • You have to have great design to be competitive in today’s markets.

  • Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations.

  • Great design is not democratic; it comes from great designers. If the standard is lousy, then develop another standard.

  • I have been long a sleeper; but I trust My absence doth neglect no great design Which by my presence might have been concluded.

    Long   Design   Politics  
    William Shakespeare, Janis Lull (2009). “King Richard III”, p.142, Cambridge University Press
  • Predictability and great design are not friends.

  • Really great design is hard. Good is the enemy of great.

    "Jonathan Ive: Apple's goal isn't to make money" by Olivia Solon, www.wired.co.uk. July 30, 2012.
  • Design is the fundamental soul of a human-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service.

    Inspiring   Art   Design  
    "Steve Jobs Through The Years" by Mike Isaac, www.wired.com. October 5, 2011.
  • The difference between good design and great design is INTELLIGENCE

  • Great design is a multi-layered relationship between human life and its environment.

  • Good design is making something intelligible and memorable. Great design is making something memorable and Meaningful.

    "Basics Design 01: Format: Second Edition" by Gavin Ambrose, Paul Harris, A&C Black, (p. 151), May 1, 2012.
  • Great design will not sell an inferior product, but it will enable a great product to achieve its maximum potential.

  • Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently - they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.

  • Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.

    Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.199, Wordsworth Editions
  • Really great design is hard. Good is the enemy of great. Competent design is not too much of a stretch. But if you are trying to do something new, you have challenges on so many axes.

    "Apple's Lead Designer Jony Ive: 'Our Goal Isn't To Make Money'" by Jay Yarow, www.businessinsider.com. July 30, 2012.
  • Architecture is the reaching out for the truth.

  • A single word often betrays a great design.

    "Athalie". Book by Jean Racine, II. 6, 1691.
  • Improving your process won't move you from good to great design. It'll move you from bad to average.

    Moving   Average   Design  
  • The more I find life to be a great design, the more I suspect it to be singular in existence; the more I suspect it to be singular, the more I feel it to be specific and personal; the more I feel it to be personal, the more I think of it to be a mere question; And the more I think of it to be a question, the less I understand the questioner.

    Life   Science   Thinking  
  • But I'm blessed to work with great people. I collaborate with brilliant stylists both here and in Paris. I work with a great design team. I really allow everyone to bring their ideas. I almost rely on them to inspire me.

    Team   Blessed   Ideas  
    "Exclusive Q&A with Marc Jacobs". Interview With Katie Connor, www.marieclaire.com. August 10, 2010.
  • the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.

  • An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail.

    "A Genius and His Magic Camera". Life Magazine, October 27, 1972.
  • If there is a well thought-out design standard, it should be followed. In practice, great design comes from great designers. That is empirically the case. If a great designer did a first-rate standard, that model should be followed. Great design is not democratic; it comes from great designers. If the standard is lousy, then develop another standard.

  • The painter of genius will not waste a moment upon those smaller objects which only serve to catch the sense, to divide the attention, and to counteract his great design of speaking to the heart.

    Sir Joshua Reynolds (1850). “Discourses on Painting and the Fine Arts, Delivered at the Royal Academy”, p.15
  • Typography at its best is a visual form of language linking timelessness and time.

  • Color does not add a pleasant quality to design - it reinforces it.

    Death   Color   Design  
  • 3 requirements for a good designer: 1. genuine knowledge and love of great design. 2. sound knowledge of principles and techniques of communication. 3. heart (passion).

  • Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

    Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.37, Prabhat Prakashan
  • Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated.

    Art   Simple   Design  
  • Secrecy is the soul of all great designs.

    Design   Soul   Secrecy  
    Charles Caleb Colton (1812). “Hypocrisy: A Satire”, p.167
  • The thing that makes my clothes really different is that, number one, they are really great designs; they're not tacky; they are very professional; the design is made from lots of decisions.

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