Quotes About Functionality

I need my products to work and be fast! I don't love having 50 different things in my bathroom, like a different cream for every inch of my face. That's so not me.

I just want things to work properly.

Practical storage pieces are great if you have a basement or a garage. But when you actually live with them day in and day out, they should be beautiful to look at.

The good thing about SUVs is they have storage.

There's no such thing as a dumb user. … There are only dumb products.

A building is hard to judge. It takes many years to find out whether it works. It's not as simple as asking the people in the office whether they like it.

I live in an old house with no closets and no built-ins. I hate big cupboards.

From 10 to 20 percent were functionally impaired as measured by the self-test SF-36.

What's normal is for things to work. What's not normal is for things to fail.

Beauty is highly desirable but simplicity and usefulness are the overwhelming fashion of our age. Just because it's beautiful does not mean it's useful.

I hate modern car radios. In my car, I don't even have a push-button radio. It's just got a dial and two knobs. Just AM. One knob makes it louder, and one knob changes the station. When you're driving, that's all I want.

Cars will need to be designed with whole new ways of thinking. The design of cars will need to adapt to a whole new transportation system. Each individual car part will evolve as functionalities evolve and the way we utilize cars evolves.

S]ongs must be measured by their utility. Any jaunty little tune that can get you from one point to another as you drive, or get you through the dishes, or that can illuminate or dignify your courting, I always appreciate. -interview, 1995

Organic architecture seeks superior sense of use and a finer sense of comfort, expressed in organic simplicity.

For me, the most important consideration is to choose attire that is functional, but looks stylish too. That means going for colors that are understated and use smart fabrics.

I have never personally seen a hand transplant that is more useful than a prosthesis.

I am a maker of useful things.

I'm not really interested in creating things to be seen inside a private gallery. I'm interested in creating things that are all around us, that engage us. I just find the things that I respond to are useful.

You can converge a toaster and a refrigerator, but those things are probably not going to be pleasing to the user.

I feel that it's lovely when, as a user, you're not aware of the complexity.

Things that are ultimately complex must have a simple end user experience if they are to be successful.

The critical thing in developing software is not the program, it's the design. It is translating understanding of user needs into something that can be realized as a computer program.

The average user doesn't give a damn what happens, as long as (1) it works and (2) it's fast.

People might start with LiveJournal or Blogger, but if they get serious, they'll graduate to WordPress. We try to cater to the more powerful users.