“Printing should be invisible.”
Beatrice Warde
TypographyShort Quotes
Design Quotes
200 FAMOUS QUOTES · DESIGN
Design Quotes
Read 200 of the best design quotes from Steve Jobs, Dieter Rams, Charles Eames, Paul Rand, Milton Glaser, Jony Ive and more on simplicity, function, creativity and great design.
“Typography exists to honour content.”
Robert Bringhurst
TypographyContent
“Typography is what language looks like.”
Ellen Lupton
TypographyLanguage
“A logo derives its meaning from the quality of the thing it symbolizes, not the other way around.”
Paul Rand
LogosBranding
“Symbolize and summarize.”
Saul Bass
LogosShort Quotes
“A brand is a person's gut feeling about a product, service or company.”
Marty Neumeier
BrandingEmotion
“Products are made in the factory, but brands are created in the mind.”
Walter Landor
BrandingPerception
“Colour is a power which directly influences the soul.”
Wassily Kandinsky
ColourEmotion
“Creativity takes courage.”
Henri Matisse
CreativityShort Quotes
“He who wishes to become a master of colour must see, feel, and experience each individual colour in its many endless combinations with all other colours.”
Johannes Itten
ColourMastery
“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
Thomas Edison
IterationPersistence
“Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful.”
John Maeda
SimplicityMeaning
“Design is a solution to a problem. Art is a question to a problem.”
John Maeda
Art Vs DesignProblem Solving
“Design depends largely on constraints.”
Charles Eames
ConstraintsDesign Process
“The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.”
Orson Welles
ConstraintsCreativity
“Design is the first signal of human intention.”
William McDonough
SustainabilityIntention
“Waste equals food.”
William McDonough
SustainabilityCircular Design
“Don't fight forces, use them.”
R. Buckminster Fuller
EngineeringNature
“Nothing is invented, for it's written in nature first.”
Antoni Gaudí
NatureInspiration
“The straight line belongs to men, the curved line belongs to God.”
Antoni Gaudí
CurvesNature
“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.”
Frank Lloyd Wright
NatureInspiration
“Creativity is just connecting things.”
Steve Jobs
CreativityIdeas
“You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”Maya Angelou
CreativityPractice
“Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.”
T. S. Eliot
InfluenceCreativity
“Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is the result of good work habits.”
Twyla Tharp
CreativityHabits