{"id":4039,"date":"2018-08-16T14:13:54","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T21:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.springboard.com\/?p=4039"},"modified":"2023-07-06T20:07:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T03:07:11","slug":"shareable-ux-design-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.springboard.com\/blog\/design\/shareable-ux-design-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"77 Shareable UX Design Quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Designers are constantly inspired by the world around them. It can come from the chaos of cities or the calmness of nature, the sound of street traffic or the pattern of a leaf. We\u2019ve put together a list of UX quotes from design experts, visual designers, business legends, and even a few philosophers. We hope some of these will motivate you, and maybe even change the way you think about design.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click the links to share any design quote on Twitter\u2014you may wind up inspiring someone else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related<\/strong>:\u00a025 UX Terms Every Designer Needs to Know<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Favorite UX Quotes by Category<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

What Is Design?<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\""Design<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Design Is the Product<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDesign is the fundamental soul of a human-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Steve Jobs<\/span><\/a> | <\/span>Share<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cVery often design is the most immediate way of defining what products become in people’s minds.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Jony Ive<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Steve Jobs | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe word \u2018design\u2019 is everything and nothing. The design and the product itself are inseparable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Jony Ive | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Design Is Innovation and Storytelling<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

“Every object tells a story if you know how to read it.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Henry Ford<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Tim Brown<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Design Is Everywhere<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDesign is about three dimensions and the five senses.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Danielle Sacks<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEverything is designed. Few things are designed well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Brian Reed<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cQuestions about whether design is necessary or affordable are quite beside the point: design is inevitable. The alternative to good design is bad design, not no design at all.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Douglas Martin<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDesign creates culture. Culture shapes values. Values determine the future.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Robert L. Peters<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related:<\/strong> What is UX Design?<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good Design<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\""A<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Good Design Has a Reason<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEven the best designers produce successful products only if their designs solve the right problems. A wonderful interface to the wrong features will fail.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Jakob Nielsen<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStyles come and go. Good design is a language, not a style.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Massimo Vignelli<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cContent precedes design. Design in the absence of content is not design, it\u2019s decoration.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Jeffrey Zeldman<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Above all else, align with customers. Win when they win. Win only when they win.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Jeff Bezos<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good Design Is Invisible<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDesign isn\u2019t crafting a beautiful, textured button with breathtaking animation. It\u2019s figuring out if there\u2019s a way to get rid of the button altogether.\u201d<\/span>
<\/span>\u2014 <\/span>Edward Tufte<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it.\u201d<\/span>
<\/span>\u2014 <\/span>Mark Weiser<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEase of use may be invisible, but its absence sure isn\u2019t.\u201d<\/span>
<\/span> \u2014 <\/span>IBM<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good Design Is Obvious and Natural<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA user interface is like a joke. If you have to explain it, it\u2019s not that good.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Martin LeBlanc<\/a> | Share<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA user interface is well-designed when the program behaves exactly how the user thought it would.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Joel Spolsky<\/span><\/a>\u00a0| Share<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Design needs to be plugged into human behavior. Design dissolves in behavior.” <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Naoto Fukasawa<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s art if can\u2019t be explained. It\u2019s fashion if no one asks for an explanation. It\u2019s design if it doesn\u2019t need explanation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Wouter Stokkel<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cConsistency is one of the most powerful usability principles: when things always behave the same, users don’t have to worry about what will happen.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Jakob Nielsen | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you find an element of your interface requires instructions\u2026 redesign it.\u201d
\u2014 <\/span>Dan Rubin<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good Design Goes a Step Further<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is not enough that we build products that function, that are understandable and usable, we also need to build products that bring joy and excitement, pleasure and fun, and, yes, beauty to people\u2019s lives.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Don Norman<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt’s very easy to be different, but very difficult to be better.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Jony Ive<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“What makes people passionate, pure and simple, is great experiences. If they have great experience with your product [and] they have great experiences with your service, they\u2019re going to be passionate about your brand, they\u2019re going to be committed to it. That\u2019s how you build that kind of commitment.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Jesse James Garrett<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAccessibility<\/a> is not about designing for the few. It is designing for us all.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Paul Boag<\/span><\/a>\u00a0| Share<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAttention to detail can’t be (and never is) added later. It’s an entire development philosophy, methodology, and culture.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Marco Arment<\/span><\/a>\u00a0| Share<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good Design Cares About Users<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNumber one for product design: minimize the gap between what your product is and why it exists.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Luke Wroblewski<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUnintentional design happens when the organization focuses on the business or the technology, but doesn\u2019t focus on the customer or user experience. The result is an experience that emerges that often isn\u2019t pleasant.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Jared M. Spool<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDon\u2019t find customers for your products, find products for your customers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

Get To Know Other\tDesign Students<\/h4>
\"Heidi<\/a>

Heidi Sanders<\/p>

Sr. Digital Designer at Kendo Brands<\/p><\/div>

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Read Story<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>

\"Amber<\/a>

Amber Hicks<\/p>

UX Designer at Norfolk Southern<\/p><\/div>

Read Story<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>

\"Bibi<\/a>

Bibi Tanjasiri<\/p>

Product Designer at Hatch<\/p><\/div>

Read Story<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Seth Godin<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople choose not on the basis of what\u2019s most important, but on what\u2019s easiest to evaluate.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Barry Schwartz<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUsability answers the question, \u2018Can the user accomplish their goal?\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014<\/span> Joyce Lee<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople ignore design that ignores people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Frank Chimero<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf we want users to like our software, we should design it to behave like a likeable person: respectful, generous, and helpful.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Alan Cooper<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re designing a product for people, and it doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s on Android or iPhone or Windows Phone.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014<\/span> Joey Flynn<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe try to solve very complicated problems without letting people know how complicated the problem was.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Jony Ive<\/span> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simplicity<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\""Perfection<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn a world where everybody screams, silence is noticeable. White space provides the silence.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Massimo Vignelli<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think there is a profound and enduring beauty in simplicity; in clarity, in efficiency. True simplicity is derived from so much more than just the absence of clutter and ornamentation. It’s about bringing order to complexity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Jony Ive | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cConfusion and clutter are the failure of design, not the attributes of information.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Edward Tufte | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Simple\u2019 is a tricky word, it can mean a lot of things. To us, it just means clear. That doesn’t always mean total reduction, or minimalism. Sometimes, to make things clearer, you have to add a step.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Jason Fried<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry<\/a> | Share<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSimple is hard. Easy is harder. Invisible is hardest.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014<\/span> Jean-Louis Gass\u00e9e<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Hans Hofmann<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Alan Perlis<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSimplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Paul Rand<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGood design is obvious. Great design is transparent.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Joe Sparano<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Work of Designing<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\""Good<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Design Is a Process<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe best kind of design isn\u2019t necessarily an object, a space, or a structure: it\u2019s a process\u2014dynamic and adaptable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Don Norman | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI tend to think of design as the most personal of things: a way of reaching goals, making decisions, managing relationships, communicating, learning\u2014being intentional as we negotiate our everyday lives.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Joe Sparano | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGood design is about process, not product.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Jared Sinclair<\/a> | Share<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The experience is about how we get there, not the landing place.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Bill Buxton<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou have to start with the customer experience and work your way back to technology.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Steve Jobs | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDesigners want to solve the whole puzzle and find a system, engineers want to build quickly and incrementally. Incremental improvements to a product are important, but they need to be lead by a clear vision. Vision needs to be tied to a solid understanding of customers and the market.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Aarron Walter<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCreating an interface is much like building a house: If you don\u2019t get the foundations right, no amount of decorating can fix the resulting structure.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Jef Raskin<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPhotoshop is the most effective way to show your clients what their website will never look like.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Stephen Hay<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Grace Hopper<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To Design Is to Always Learn<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAlways design a thing by considering it in its next larger context\u2014a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment in a city plan.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Eero Saarinen<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere’s no learning without trying lots of ideas and failing lots of times.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Jony Ive | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cListen to your customers, not your competitors.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Joel Spolsky | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen you know your position, you can say no. When you don\u2019t know, you say yes out of fear. You build a feature because you\u2019re afraid of what will happen if you don\u2019t. That\u2019s not a strong place to be competitively and it\u2019s not a coherent place to be in terms of your product design.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Ryan Singer<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCreativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Design is knowing which ones to keep.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Scott Adams<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you don\u2019t talk to your customers, how will you know how to talk to your customers?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Will Evans<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To Design Is to Understand What You Are Building<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is absolutely crucial to identify what core activities you want to support so that you have a clear picture of what lies outside of that core.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Paul Boag<\/span><\/a>\u00a0| Share<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe point is that to truly be adept at designing something, you have to understand how it works. You have to understand the nature of what you\u2019re building, how what you\u2019re building is perceived, and how you can use your tools to make your vision happen. Otherwise, you aren\u2019t designing. You\u2019re creating a veneer. You\u2019re drawing ponies. Don\u2019t draw ponies.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 David Kadavy | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTalk to one user\u2026 start jumping to a solution. Talk to 5+ users\u2026 start understanding the problem.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Luke Wroblewski | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To Design Is to Ask the Right Questions<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\u201cQuestions create the space where answers can appear.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Clay Christensen<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Bertrand Russell<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe benefit to your design process<\/a> comes from untangling the design conversation into three things: the forces bearing on the design, the solutions under consideration, and the fitness between these two.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Ryan Singer | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA problem well stated is a problem half solved.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Charles Kettering<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Albert Einstein<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To Design Is to Review the Results<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe design is done when the problem goes away.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Jason Fried | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDesign isn\u2019t finished until somebody is using it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Brenda Laurel<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Buckminster Fuller<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being a Designer<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\""There<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGreat UX designers\u2014those that are deliberate, thoughtful, thorough\u2014are like superheroes. Make sure they\u2019re using their powers for good.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Dan Brown<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLook at usual things with unusual eyes.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Vico Magistretti<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDo not seek praise. Seek criticism.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Paul Arden<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe goal of a designer is to listen, observe, understand, sympathize, empathize, synthesize, and glean insights that enable him or her to make the invisible visible.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Hillman Curtis<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is no such thing as a boring project. There are only boring executions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Irene Etzkorn<\/a> | Share<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Aristotle<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDesigners shooting for usable is like a chef shooting for edible.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Aarron Walter<\/span> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Good designers can create normalcy out of chaos; they can clearly communicate ideas through the organizing and manipulating of words and pictures.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Jeff Veen<\/span><\/a> | Share<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYoung designers, you need battle wounds. You need to fail. You need scars. Be curious and don\u2019t ask for permission.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/span>Joel Beukelman<\/span><\/a>\u00a0| Share<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related:<\/strong> What Does a UX Designer Do?<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Designers are constantly inspired by the world around them. It can come from the chaos of cities or the calmness of nature, the sound of street traffic or the pattern of a leaf. We\u2019ve put together a list of UX quotes from design experts, visual designers, business legends, and even a few philosophers. We hope […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":4148,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_eb_data_table":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[123],"tags":[],"marketing_tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4039","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-design"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springboard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4039"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springboard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springboard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springboard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springboard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4039"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.springboard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47433,"href":"https:\/\/www.springboard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4039\/revisions\/47433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springboard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springboard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springboard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springboard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4039"},{"taxonomy":"marketing_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springboard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/marketing_tags?post=4039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}