Inspirational Design Quotes - Page 3

Form follows function - that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Spiritual, Design, Misunderstood

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The life of a designer is a life of fight: fight against the ugliness.

Massimo Vignelli

Creativity, Fighting, Design

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Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated.

Paul Rand

Art, Simple, Design

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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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The ultimate inspiration is the deadline.

Nolan Bushnell

Motivational, Death, Inspiration

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Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it's really how it works.

Steve Jobs

Mean, Creativity, Thinking

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

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To design is to communicate clearly by whatever means you can control or master.

Milton Glaser

Mean, Design, Masters

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I want to make beautiful things, even if nobody cares, as opposed to ugly things. That's my intent.

Saul Bass

Beautiful, Ugly Things, Design

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But I find that for myself, without exception, the more I deal with the work as something that is my own, as something that is personal, the more successful it is.

Marian Bantjes

Successful, Design, Deals

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If you do good work for good clients, it will lead to other good work for other good clients. If you do bad work for bad clients, it will lead to other bad work for other bad clients.

Michael Bierut

Design, Clients, Good Work

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Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak.

Rachel Zoe

Inspiring, Fashion, Attitude

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