Less is more. – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Inspiration is all around you. Your decisions in daily life are inspired by your environment, food, music, movies, podcasts, blogs, books, people and everything else surrounding you. Essentially, the more high-quality inspiration you get the better your life is and better things you create.
I love powerful quotes. They make you stop and think. They make you question life and come up with ideas.
Today I’d like to share 20 inspirational quotes from the most intelligent designers who ever lived on our planet.
Get ready for inspiration overload.
Good design goes to heaven; bad design goes everywhere. – Mieke Gerritzen
Good design goes to heaven; bad design goes everywhere. – Mieke Gerritzen
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. – Leonardo da Vinci
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. – Leonardo da Vinci
Designers have a dual duty; contractually to their clients and morally to the later users and recipients of their work. – Hans Hger
Designers have a dual duty; contractually to their clients and morally to the later users and recipients of their work. – Hans Hger
Less is more. – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Less is more. – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Design is creativity with strategy. – Rob Curedale
Design is creativity with strategy. – Rob Curedale
Good art inspires; Good design motivates. – Otl Aicher
Good art inspires; Good design motivates. – Otl Aicher
Designing a product is designing a relationship. – Steve Rogers
Designing a product is designing a relationship. – Steve Rogers
The world always seems brighter when you’ve just made something that wasn’t there before. – Neil Gaiman
The world always seems brighter when you’ve just made something that wasn’t there before. – Neil Gaiman
There ain’t no rules around here. We’re trying to accomplish something. – Thomas Edison
There ain’t no rules around here. We’re trying to accomplish something. – Thomas Edison
Imitation may be the “sincerest form of plagiarism,” but it is also the mark of an inferior person. – David Ogilvy
Imitation may be the “sincerest form of plagiarism,” but it is also the mark of an inferior person. – David Ogilvy
Design is an opportunity to continue telling the story, not just to sum everything up. – Tate Linden
Design is an opportunity to continue telling the story, not just to sum everything up. – Tate Linden.
Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works. – Steve Jobs
Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works. – Steve Jobs
If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur. – Red Adair
If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur. – Red Adair
Invention is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. – Thomas Edison
Invention is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. – Thomas Edison
Good design is good business. – Thomas J. Watson Jr.
Good design is good business. – Thomas J. Watson Jr.
The only important thing about design is how it relates to people. – Victor Papanek
The only important thing about design is how it relates to people. – Victor Papanek
A design isn’t finished until somebody is using it. – Brenda Laurel
A design isn’t finished until somebody is using it. – Brenda Laurel
You are what you are seen to be. – Erik Spiekermann
You are what you are seen to be. – Erik Spiekermann
Truly elegant design incorporates top-notch functionality into a simple, uncluttered form. – David Lewis
Truly elegant design incorporates top-notch functionality into a simple, uncluttered form. – David Lewis
Create your own visual style… let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others. – Orson Welles
Create your own visual style… let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others. – Orson Welles
What is your favorite quote?
Do you feel inspired? I’m curious which quote made you think the most? Please share your favorite quote in the comment section or ping me on Twitter @tomaslau.
Images credit: All the images were created by me (Tomas Laurinavicius) using Public Domain (CC0) photos.