Design And Art Quotes

Art has to move you and design does not, unless it's a good design for a bus.

David Hockney

Art, Moving, Design

1988 In The Guardian, 26 Oct.

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Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

Steve Jobs

Inspiring, Business, Work

Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.37, Prabhat Prakashan

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Design is the method of putting form and content together. Design, just as art, has multiple definitions; there is no single definition. Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated.

Paul Rand

Death, Art, Simple

"Learning PHP Design Patterns". Book by William Sanders (p. 105), 2013.

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The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.

Hans Hofmann

Inspirational, Business, Mean

1967 Search for the Real.

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Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.

Salvador Dali

Funny, Music, Sarcastic

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An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.

James Whistler

Tattoo, Art, Creativity

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The ultimate inspiration is the deadline.

Nolan Bushnell

Motivational, Death, Inspiration

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Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors.

George Santayana

Design, Individuality, Hobbies

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Design must reflect the practical and aesthetic in business but above all... good design must primarily serve people.

Thomas J. Watson

Death, Design Process, Aesthetic Beauty

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I never design a building before I've seen the site and met the people who will be using it.

Frank Lloyd Wright

People, Design, Building

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You can have an art experience in front of a Rembrandt... or in front of a piece of graphic design.

Stefan Sagmeister

Art, Design, Pieces

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Design is the application of intent - the opposite of happenstance, and an antidote to accident.

Robert L. Peters

Opposites, Design, Antidote

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Type design moves at the pace of the most conservative reader. The good type-designer therefore realizes that, for a new font to be successful, it has to be so good that only very few recognize its novelty.

Stanley Morison

Moving, Successful, Design

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Simplicity, carried to an an extreme, becomes elegance.

Jon Franklin

Inspiring, Simplicity, Design

Jon Franklin (1987). “Writing for story: craft secrets of dramatic nonfiction by a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner”, Signet

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If you remember the shape of your spoon at lunch, it has to be the wrong shape. The spoon and the letter are tools; one to take food from the bowl, the other to take information off the page... When it is a good design, the reader has to feel comfortable because the letter is both banal and beautiful.

Adrian Frutiger

Beautiful, Lunch, Design

"Design for knife: can cutlery help people with disabilities?" by Justin McGuirk, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2012.

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Art is an idea that has found its perfect visual expression. And design is the vehicle by which this expression is made possible. Art is a noun, and design is a noun and also a verb. Art is a product and design is a process. Design is the foundation of all the arts.

Paul Rand

Inspiring, Art, Expression

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Design, in its broadest sense, is the enabler of the digital era - it's a process that creates order out of chaos, that renders technology usable to -business. Design means being good, not just looking good.

Clement Mok

Mean, Technology, Order

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A picture is worth a thousand words. An interface is worth a thousand pictures.

Ben Shneiderman

Technology, Design, Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words

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The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

Albert Einstein

Witty, Clever, Creativity

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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Design means being good, not just looking good.

Clement Mok

Mean, Design Process, Looking Good

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The broader one's understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have.

Steve Jobs

Design, Understanding, Dots

Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.41, Prabhat Prakashan

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The design process, at its best, integrates the aspirations of art, science, and culture.

Jeff Smith

Art, Design Process, Culture

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Design, in its broadest sense, is the enabler of the digital era.

Clement Mok

Design Process, Eras, Digital

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A lot of people in our industry haven't had very diverse experiences. So they don't have enough dots to connect, and they end up with very linear solutions without a broad perspective on the problem. The broader one's understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have.

Steve Jobs

Inspiring, People, Perspective

"Steve Jobs: The next insanely great thing". Interview with Gary Wolf, www.wired.com. February 1, 1996.

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I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.

Michelangelo

Life, Art, Creativity

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