20+ Of Greatest Web Designer Quotes All WP Fans Must Heed

Webdagene 2011. Karen McGrane. Foto: Eirik Helland Urke

Web-designers are to some extent special human beings. Their routines are not so durable as for the ordinary people since they work on and with the web, a sphere with the fastest dynamism. Here are the most insightful quotes from well-known web-designers to be reckoned with by WP fans and others trying to join this world.


  2. A Web site is the only medium of semipermanent communication where you can express yourself. ― David Rusenko (CEO, Weebly)

  3. Good design is obvious, great design is transparent. ― Joe Sparano

  4. What separates design from art is that design is meant to be… functional.Cameron Moll

  5. Intuitive design is how we give the user new superpowers. ― Jared Spool

  6. Websites promote you 24/7: No employee will do that.― Paul Cookson


  8. On a practical level, find problems and design responses. Not answers, not solutions, just responses. There’s rarely a single right way, so just explore problems and see what happens. Embrace the ebb and flow, the shifting landscape; that’s what makes the web so unique, so special. Understand the medium, appreciate where the web can borrow from other disciplines, and where it stands apart and defines its own rules. ― Simon Collison

  9. A good web-designer don’t need to commute very frequently, thus a good web-designer get her admin stuff done before most clients even get into work. ― Sarah Parmenter

  10. If you think math is hard try web design. ― Trish Parr


  12. The user experience design of a product essentially lies between the intentions of the product and the characteristics of your user. ― David Kadavy

  13. We don’t just build websites, we build websites that SELLS. ― Christopher Dayagdag

  14. If you fulfill your users’ desires, then they will become more prone to turn into a customer. ― James Nogas

  15. The difference between someone who is a designer and someone who isn’t is simply that a person who is a designer has done it. My advice is don’t get hung up on labels or position or titles. It doesn’t just happen; it’s a gradual process. You can’t be afraid to jump in there and start doing it. ― Dan Cederholm

  16. Design doesn’t mean that every person gonna like, love it, but that’s the creativity of those eye which creates something different. ― Bijay Chhetri

  17. Use pictures only to attract those who may profit you. Use them only when they form a better selling argument than the same amount of space set in type. ― Claude Hopkins

  18. Limit the use of sliders/carousels because they tend to be ineffective. The first thing the visitor does when coming to a page with a large carousel is scroll right past it and start looking for triggers that will move them forward with their task. ― Craig Kistler

  19. Always consider the human factor: human eye reacts to movement and there is therefore a banner blindness meaning that too many messages on it equals to no messages at all. ― Peep Laja

  20. Web design isn’t just about coding—it’s about understanding human behavior and decision-making. Classes in art, social studies, even (especially!) classes in writing will be as useful as courses in math or computers. ― Karen McGrane