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Jonathan Ive is an English designer best known for his work at Apple Inc., where he led the design of iconic products such as the iPhone, iPad, and MacBook. His minimalist approach has greatly influenced modern technology and industrial design. He has received numerous awards and recognition for his contributions to the design world. Here are 118 of his quotes:

The nature of having ideas and creativity is incredibly inspiring. (Jonathan Ive)
It's a very strange thing for a designer to say, but one of the things that really irritates me in products is when I'm aware of designers wagging their tails in my face. View quote
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Paying attention to what's happened historically actually helps give you some faith that you are going to find a solution. Faith isn't a surrogate for engineering competence, but it can certainly help fuel the belief that you're going to find a solution. And that's important. View quote
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It's not too shabby is it? View quote
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My father was a really good craftsman – he was a silversmith – so I grew up understanding how things were made. That's something that's easy to take for granted, but everything that has been made has been thought about, designed, and I think that growing up with an appreciation of the nature of objects was hugely influential to me. View quote
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I discovered at an early age that all I've ever wanted to do is design. View quote
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My father was a very good craftsman. He made furniture, he made silverware and he had an incredible gift in terms of how you can make something yourself. View quote
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If something is not good enough, stop doing it. View quote
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Apple's goal isn't to make money. Our goal is to design and develop and bring to market good products. View quote
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A small change at the beginning of the design process defines an entirely different product at the end. View quote
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'Design' is a word that's come to mean so much that it's also a word that has come to mean nothing. (Jonathan Ive)
Perhaps I'd like to design cars, but I don't think I'd be much good at it. View quote
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At the start of the process the idea is just a thought - very fragile and exclusive. When the first physical manifestation is created everything changes. It is no longer exclusive, now it involves a lot of people. View quote
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As a kid, I remember taking apart whatever I could get my hands on. View quote
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There are 9 rejected ideas for every idea that works. View quote
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It's difficult to do something radically new, unless you are at the heart of a company. View quote
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There's no other product that changes function like the computer. View quote
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Eight years of work can be copied in six months. It wasn't inevitable that it was going to work. A stolen design is stolen time. View quote
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People's interest is in the product, not in its authorship. View quote
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Designing and developing anything of consequence is incredibly challenging. View quote
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Often when I talk about what I do, making isn't just this inevitable function tacked on at the end. (Jonathan Ive)
To create something that's genuinely new, you have to start again, and I think with great intent, you disconnect from the past. View quote
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As consumers we are incredibly discerning, we sense where has been great care in the design, and when there is cynicism and greed. View quote
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One thing most people don't know is that Steve Jobs is an exceptional designer. View quote
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I get an incredible thrill and satisfaction from seeing somebody with Apple's tell-tale white earbuds. But I'm constantly haunted by thoughts of, is it good enough? Is there any way we could have made it better? View quote
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Occupation: English Designer
Born: February 27, 1967
Quotes count: 118
Wikipedia: Jonathan Ive

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