Steve Martin once said "Some people have a way with words....some people....um....not have way, I guess." So true. Here are a few of our favourite design-related quotes from people who have a way with words.
“I have no vision at all, but I know how to keep things simple, and I listen some.” ~ Craig Newmark
“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works." ~ Steve Jobs
"The important thing is not to stop questioning." ~ Albert Einstein
"The user, or, in other words, the master, of the house will be a better judge than the builder, just as the pilot will judge better of a rudder than the carpenter, and the guest will judge better of a feast than the cook." ~ Aristotle
"Content precedes design. Design in the absence of content is not design, it’s decoration." ~ Jeffrey Zeldman
"People ignore design that ignores people." ~ Frank Chimero
"He made a lot of mistakes, but he made mistakes in a good direction, and so eventually, he got right answers, and I tried to imitate him, but I found out that it is very difficult to make good mistakes." ~ Goro Shimura on Utaka Taniyama from the book "Fermat's Enigma"
By the way, the title is a quote from Sophocles.
Posted in on May 31, 2010
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