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20 Quotes from Famous Designers: Read this if you’re feeling uninspired
A minimalistic collection of quotes for every designer
Optional mindfulness exercise: at every page break, take one deep breath, inhaling through the nose and exhaling through the mouth.
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“It’s through mistakes that you actually can grow. You have to get bad in order to get good.” Paula Scher
two.
“A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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“Design is not for philosophy. It’s for life” Issey Miyake
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“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works” Steve Jobs
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“The alternative to good design is always bad design. There is no such thing as no design” Adam Judge
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“Simplicity, carried to an extreme, becomes elegance” John Franklin
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“Design is so simple. That’s why it’s so complicated” Paul Rand
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