Jack London
Everything is designed. Few things are designed well.
— Brian Reed
"The essential part of creativity is not being afraid to fail."
Edwin H. Land
Edwin H. Land
"Our creative advertising services are like that of a hair salon. We can take your orders and do exactly what you ask for, but remember, you are the one who's going to wear the hairstyle"
Anonymous
Design is where science and art break even.
— Robin Mathew
"Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun."
Mary Lou Cook
Mary Lou Cook
"Design is directed toward human beings. To design is to solve human problems by identifying them and executing the best solution."
Ivan Chermayeff
Ivan Chermayeff
"The client will always pick the concept that you like the least -- Never present any concepts you don't like"
- Robert Fleege
Design should never say, “Look at me.” It should always say, “Look at this.”
— David Craib
"Design is in everything we make, but it’s also between those things. It's a mix of craft, science, storytelling, propaganda, and philosophy."
Erik Adigard
Erik Adigard
Don’t design for everyone. It’s impossible. All you end up doing is designing something that makes everyone unhappy.
— Leisa Reichelt
“There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.” — Edward de Bono
“Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things.” — Theodore Levitt
“It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.” — Edward de Bono
Math is easy; design is hard.
— Jeffrey Veen
“The creative person wants to be a know-it-all. He wants to know about all kinds of things-ancient history, nineteenth century mathematics, current manufacturing techniques, hog futures. Because he never knows when these ideas might come together to form a new idea. It may happen six minutes later, or six months, or six years. But he has faith that it will happen.” — Carl Ally
Design creates culture. Culture shapes values. Values determine the future.
— Robert L. Peters
“Everyone who’s ever taken a shower has had an idea. It’s the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.” — Nolan Bushnell
“To draw, you must close your eyes and sing.” — Pablo Picasso
“Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.” — Jonh Steinbeck
“Creativity is contagious. Pass it on.” — Albert Einstein
A design isn’t finished until somebody is using it.
— Brenda Laurel
“Every day is an opportunity to be creative – the canvas is your mind, the brushes and colours are your thoughts and feelings, the panorama is your story, the complete picture is a work of art called, ‘my life’. Be careful what you put on the canvas of your mind today – it matters.” — Innerspace
Good design is all about making other designers feel like idiots because that idea wasn’t theirs.
— Frank Chimero
“A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.” — John F. Kennedy
