"Everyone gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense."

– Gertrude Stein

"If you are going to have less things, they have to be great things."

– John Maeda

"No matter how cool your interface is, it would be better if there were less of it."

– Alan Cooper

"Design is as much a matter of finding problems as it is solving them."

– Bryan Lawson

"You can't do better design with a computer, but you can speed up your work enormously."

– Wim Crouwel

"Get in over your head as often and as joyfully as possible."

– Alexander Isley

"Design is redesign."

– Jan Michl

"The ultimate inspiration is the deadline."

– Nolan Bushnell

"People ignore design that ignores people."

– Frank Chimero

"Design should never say, "Look at me." It should always say, Look at this."

– David Craib

"A design isn't finished until somebody is using it."

– Brenda Laurel

"Practice safe design: Use a concept."

– Petrula Vrontikis

"The only important thing about design is how it relates to people."

– Victor Papanek

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

– Frank Lloyd Wright