Quotes About Understanding

Don't bore the public with mysterious designs.

You cannot defend your design without knowing what you're designing for.

Designers are not users.

The architect who really designs for a human being has to know a great deal more than just the Five Canons of Vitruvius.

The idea of trying able to explain why you do what you do is absurd.

The essential test of design is how well it assists the understanding of the content, not how stylish it is.

Everything that can be said, can be said clearly.

God doesn't reveal his grand design. He reveals Himself.

Practice design, Not Decoration: Don't just make pretty talking points. Instead, display information in a way that makes complex information clear.

If our field is "to advance", we must - without displacing creativity and aesthetics - make sure our terminology is clear.

Skill in the digital age is confused with mastery of digital tools, masking the importance of understanding materials and mastering the elements of form.

Translation is not a matter of words only: it is a matter of making intelligible a whole culture.

It is easier to talk than to listen. Pay attention to your clients, your users, your readers, and your friends. Your design will get better as you listen to other people.

Design is really an act of communication, which means having a deep understanding of the person with whom the designer is communicating.

People who don't like Comic Sans don't know anything about design.

The deeper you go the more likely you will discover something of value

Steve [Jobs'] brilliance is his ability to see something and then understand it and then figure out how to put it into the context of his design methodology - everything is design.

Customers can't always tell you what they want, but they can always tell you what's wrong.

Behavioral design is all about feeling in control. Includes: usability, understanding, but also the feel.

You should know as much as you can about the human species if you have a hand in designing human society.

When we better understand the realities of these women's lives, we are able to design and deliver solutions that are more useful to them.

I always feel like a woman designing for a woman. I know what you want to accentuate and what you want to hide.

When we use a language, we should commit ourselves to knowing it, being able to read it, and writing it idiomatically.

The heart knows today what the mind will learn tomorrow.