Computers are to design as microwaves are to cooking. Milton Glaser

Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose. Charles Eames

Being a famous designer is like being a famous dentist. Noreen Morioka

People ignore design that ignores people. Frank Chimero

Good design goes to heaven; bad design goes everywhere. Mieke Gerritzen

Good design is all about making other designers feel like idiots because that idea wasn’t theirs. Frank Chimero

Good design must be defined by appropriateness to audience and goals, and by its effectiveness, not by its adherence to Swiss design or the number of awards it wins. Drew Davies

Design is where science and art break even. Robin Mathew

Designers have a dual duty; contractually to their clients and morally to the later users and recipients of their work. Hans Höger

Art is like masturbation. It is selfish and introverted and done for you and you alone. Design is like sex. There is someone else involved, their needs are just as important as your own, and if everything goes right, both parties are happy in the end. Colin Wright

The fundamental failure of most graphic, product, architectural, and even urban design is its insistence on serving the God of Looking-Good rather than the God of Being-Good. Richard Saul Wurman