favourite UX and design quotes

A collection of inspiring UX and design quotes.

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An artist cannot fail. It is a success to be one. — @riddlebrothers

Unless you move, the place where you are is the place where you will always be. — Ashleigh Brilliant

The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. — @nguyenbk

Do what you love to do, but don't do it to the point where you don't love it anymore. — @DEFgraphics

Tough times never last, but tough people do! — @LBOI

I don't want to be one of those who say 'I wish I had'. I want to be one of those who say 'I'm glad I did'. — @Maine_iac

With time, and saliva, the ant will devour the elephant. — @colinismyname

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. — @mehmetcihangir

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. — Thomas Edison

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. — George Bernard Shaw

To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. — Joseph Chilton Pearce

Art disturbs, science reassures. — Georges Braque

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. — Chinese Proverb

Be a fountain, not a drain. — Rex Hudler

Graphic design is the spit and polish but not the shoe. — Ellen Lupton

Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. — Thomas Edison

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. — Mark Twain

I have not failed, I've just found 10,000 ways that don't work. — Thomas Edison

Any designer can do SOMETHING. A great designer does the RIGHT thing. — @theconstruct

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. — Leonardo Da Vinci

Imagination is more important that knowledge. — Albert Einstein

Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out alive. — Elbert Hubbard

Success is falling down 7 times but getting up 8. — @mike_baxter

The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it. — Banksy

Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations. — Paul Rand

Art is creativity, creativity is passion, passion is love. — Andrew Brynjulson

Design that doesn't take a chance doesn't stand a chance — Stephanie Floyd

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. — Mark Twain

You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. — Mark Twain

You can do anything, but you can't do everything. — Melissa Rogers Ek

It's not how good you are, its how good you want to be. — Paul Arden