topic: Honesty, Design, Intuition, Trust Your Intuition, Good Design


Life is about trying things to see if they work.
topic: Creativity, Imagination, Creative, Inspiration And Creativity, Creative Work

Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.
topic: Creativity, Broken, Design, Manual Work, Creativity And Design

Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations.
topic: Inspirational, Ideas, Goal, Inspirational Design, Good Design
You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
topic: Life, Inspiring, Meaningful, Imagine That, Inspirational Design
If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.
topic: Inspirational, Funny, Change, Management Motivation, Business Life
Design is where science and art break even.
topic: Art, Design, Break, Inspiration And Art, Inspirational Design
Design creates culture. Culture shapes values. Values determine the future.
topic: Design, Shapes, Culture, Inspirational Design, Inspirational Graphic Design
topic: Death, Dream, Inspiration, Wonderful Places, Children Imagination
topic: Artist, Design, Synthesis, Graphic Design, Design And Art
Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.
topic: Funny, Music, Sarcastic, Fine Arts, Imperfect Person
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Best Success, Social Innovation
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
topic: Inspirational, Positive, Leadership, Incomplete Knowledge, Fine Arts
Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.
source: Leo Burnett (1961). “Communications of an Advertising Man: Selections from the Speeches, Articles, Memoranda, and Miscellaneous Writings of Leo Burnett”
topic: Creativity, Bad Ass, Thinking, Creative People, Innovation Inspiration
There is no better designer than nature
topic: Design, Designer, Design In Nature, Creativity And Design
You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.
topic: Inspirational, Positive, Art, Creativeness, Creative People
source: Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.690, Pan Macmillan
topic: Inspirational, Funny, Fake People, Software Design, Inspirational Design
Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated.
topic: Art, Simple, Design, Inspirational Graphic Design, Inspiring Design
I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.
topic: Inspirational, Success, Education, Inspirational Graphic Design, Taking Risks
An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail.
source: "A Genius and His Magic Camera". Life Magazine, October 27, 1972.
topic: Inspiring, Courage, Failure, Creative People, Innovation And Business
You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
source: Jack London (2015). “Jack London on Adventure: Words of Wisdom from an Expert Adventurer”, p.5, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
topic: Funny, Witty, Life Changing, Creativeness, Creative People
Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.
topic: Inspiring, Business, Memorable, Veneer, Inspiring Business
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
source: Scott Adams (2007). “Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain!: Cartoonist Explains Cloning, Blouse Monsters, Voting Machines, Romance, Monkey G ods, How to Avoid Being Mistaken for a Rodent, and More”, p.438, Penguin
topic: Love, Inspirational, Life, Fine Arts, Creativeness
To design is to communicate clearly by whatever means you can control or master.
topic: Mean, Design, Masters, Inspiring Design, Design And Art
Color does not add a pleasant quality to design - it reinforces it.
topic: Death, Color, Design, Inspirational Design, Inspirational Graphic Design
If you can design one thing, you can design everything.
source: Massimo Vignelli, Lella Vignelli, Images Publishing (2004). “Design is One”, p.4, Images Publishing
topic: Design, Graphic Design, Inspirational Design, Inspirational Graphic Design, Design Inspiration
Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas.
source: Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
topic: Fashion, Creativity, Bad Ass, Inspire Creativity, Conflicting Ideas
Simplicity, carried to an an extreme, becomes elegance.
source: Jon Franklin (1987). “Writing for story: craft secrets of dramatic nonfiction by a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner”, Signet
topic: Inspiring, Simplicity, Design, Inspirational Design, Design And Art
A designer is a planner with an aesthetic sense.
topic: Design, Designer, Aesthetic, Inspirational Graphic Design, Graphic Design
topic: Creativity, Play, Creative, Newness, Creativity And Design
If you're not prepared to be wrong, you're not prepared to be original.
topic: Failure, Creativity, Originality, Failure In Life, Creativity And Design
There is no design without discipline. There is no discipline without intelligence.
source: Massimo Vignelli (2007). “Vignelli”, p.39, Images Publishing
topic: Discipline, Design, Inspirational Design, Inspirational Graphic Design, Best Design