1,339 Quotes About Design

When Art struggles, it succeeds; when revelling in its own successes, it as singularly fails.

Nature should be idealised not copied.

The Egyptians are inferior only to themselves. In all other styles we can trace a rapid ascent from infancy, founded on some bygone style, to a culminating point of perfection, when the foreign influence was modified or discarded, to a period of slow, lingering decline, feeding on it's own elements. In the Egyptian we have no traces of infancy or of any foreign influence; and we must, therefore believe that they went to inspiration directly from nature.

To attempt to build up theories of art, or to form a new style, would be an act of supreme folly. It would be at once to reject the experiences and accumulated knowledge of thousands of years. On the contrary, we should regard as our inheritance all the successful labours of the past, not blindly following them, but employ simply as guides to find the true path.

Your need to feel significant will never be met, until you can conquer your fear and manage your focus.

Your style guide is your most loyal brand protector.

Our language choices change how we use our time and energy. For every word we use to describe where we want to go, there's another word that we're walking away from.

You were born to journey in the direction of your purpose. Anything that halts your progress is contrary to your design.

Never mistake legibility for communication.