As a Designer, I’m always looking around for inspiration.
That inspiration can come in many forms, with one of them being the ever-dependable ‘quote’.
In this article I've compiled a few of my favourites that you can reference from time to time, and ones that will hopefully inspire you and ignite your creativity.
Let's check them out...
If you think good design is expensive, you should look at the cost of bad design.
- Ralf Speth
It’s through mistakes that you can grow. You have to get bad in order to get good.
- Paula Scher
Good design is obvious. Great design is transparent.
- Joe Sparano
A picture is worth a thousand words. An interface is worth a thousand pictures.
- Ben Shneiderman
I strive for two things in design; simplicity and clarity. Great design is born of those two things.
- Lindon Leader
Just because something looks good doesn't mean it’s useful. And just because something is useful does not make it beautiful.
- Joshua Brewer
What works good is better than what looks good because what works good lasts.
- Ray Eames
Pay attention to what users do, not what they say.
- Jakob Nielsen
It took me a few seconds to draw it, but it took me 34 years to learn how to draw it in a few seconds.
- Paula Scher
Testing with one user early in the project is better than testing with 50 near the end.
- Steve Krug
Styles come and go. Good design is a language, not a style.
- Massimo Vignelli
Good design is like a refrigerator. When it works, no one notices. But when it doesn't, it sure stinks.
- Irene Au
Get rid of everything that is not essential to making a point.
- Christoph Niemann
Whitespace is like air; it is necessary for design to breathe.
- Wojciech Zielinski
Design is a solution to a problem. Art is a question to a problem.
- John Maeda
A user interface is like a joke. If you have to explain it, it’s not that good.
- Martin LeBlanc
Design isn't crafting a beautiful textured button with breathtaking animation. It’s figuring out if there's a way to get rid of the button altogether.
- Edward Tufte
Content precedes design. Design in the absence of content is not design, it’s decoration.
- Jeffrey Zeldman
Many of the above quotes have inspired me in some way over the years, and I hope that a few of them can help inspire you also.
Be inspired. Ignite that creativity.
Thanks for reading the article,
Marc Andrew.
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