Inspirational quotes
Summary
Collection of inspirational quotes related to User Experience: design, informatics, human-computer interaction, and copywriting. UXgem always provides sources and quotes what was actually said or written.
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Quotes on Design #
“Perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away.”
“Designers actually can change the world for the better by making the complicated simple and finding beauty in truth.”
“Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible, serving us without drawing attention to itself.”
“Users spend most of their time on other sites. This means that users prefer your site to work the same way as all the other sites they already know.”
“Form ever follows function.”
“Less is more.”
“Good design comes from a deep understanding of the technologies behind the scenes.”
“Learning from conventions will make your site better.”
“Content precedes design. Design in the absence of content is not design, it's decoration.”
“Want your users to fall in love with your designs? Fall in love with your users.”
Quotes on Informatics #
“Premature optimization is the root of all evil.”
“There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things.”
“Obey standards unless you've a darn good reason.”
Quotes on Human-computer interaction #
“If we want users to like our software, we should design it to behave like a likeable person: respectful, generous and helpful.”
“No matter how cool your interface is, it would be better if there were less of it.”
“Make errors impossible. Making it impossible for the user to make errors is the best way to eliminate error messages.”
Quotes on Copywriting #
“Whatever is worth saying can be stated in fifty words or less.”
“When providing information, make sure your site has something unique to offer.”
“The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no time to make it shorter.”
“Many of our sentences could be improved by cutting them shorter. Out with the semicolons, in with the periods. Don't write one long sentence if you can say the same thing in two short ones.”