10 Things Smart People Said About Design and Process
“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.”
– Douglas Adams
“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
“There are times in life when people must know when not to let go. Balloons are designed to teach small children this.”
– Terry Pratchett
“You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.”
– Walt Disney Company
“Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful.”
– John Maeda
“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.”
– Steve Jobs
“Being an architect isn’t only about construction, it’s about creating wide spaces with small spaces.”
– Yannick Heywang
“Real web designers write code. Always have, always will.”
– Jeffrey Zeldman
“You must forget all your theories, all your ideas before the subject. What part of these is really your own will be expressed in your expression of the emotion awakened in you by the subject.”
– Henri Matisse
“Imitate. Don’t be shy about it. Try to get as close as you can. You’ll never get all the way, and the separation might be truly remarkable.”
– Bruce Mau
