Jonathan Ive Quotes

Jonathan Ive
English Designer
Born: Feb 27, 1967
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If something is not good enough, stop doing it. Jonathan Ive
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One person's car is another person's scenery. Jonathan Ive
Car Scenery Another Person
There's no learning without trying lots of ideas and failing lots of times. Jonathan Ive
Learning Failing Ideas Without Lots Times Trying
I think subconsciously people are remarkably discerning. I think that they can sense care. Jonathan Ive
People Care Sense Think Remarkably Discerning Subconsciously
What I love about the creative process, and this may sound naive, but it is this idea that one day there is no idea, and no solution, but the next day there is an idea. I find that incredibly exciting and conceptually actually remarkable. Jonathan Ive
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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. Jonathan Ive
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There's no other product that changes function like the computer. Jonathan Ive
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Perhaps I'd like to design cars, but I don't think I'd be much good at it. Jonathan Ive
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The emphasis and value on ideas and original thinking is an innate part of British culture, and in many ways, that describes the traditions of design. Jonathan Ive
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The computer industry is creatively bankrupt. Jonathan Ive
Computer Computer Industry Industry Bankrupt Creatively
I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what's next. Jonathan Ive
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You learn a lot about vital corporations through non-vital corporations. Jonathan Ive
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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. Jonathan Ive
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Apple's Industrial Design team is harder to get into than the Illuminati, and part of the reason is because no one leaves. In the last 15 years, not one of the 18 designers has ditched Apple for greener pastures. Jonathan Ive
Design No-One Part Industrial Because Leaves Years Than Get Greener Team Reason Harder Apple Designers Last
We shouldn't be afraid to fail- if we are not failing we are not pushing. 80% of the stuff in the studio is not going to work. If something is not good enough, stop doing it. Jonathan Ive
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I think that we're on a path that Apple was determined to be on since the '70s, which was to try and make technology relevant and personal. Jonathan Ive
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All I've ever wanted to do is design and make; it's what I love doing. Jonathan Ive
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Our goal isn't to make money. Our goal absolutely at Apple is not to make money. This may sound a little flippant, but it's the truth. Our goal, and what gets us excited, is to try to make great products. Jonathan Ive
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We try to develop products that seem somehow inevitable, that leave you with the sense that that's the only possible solution that makes sense. Jonathan Ive
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When we started work on the iPhone, the motivation there was we all pretty much couldn't stand our phones, and we wanted a better phone. Jonathan Ive
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We struggle with the right words to describe the design process at Apple. But it is very much about designing and prototyping and making. Jonathan Ive
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You cannot disconnect the form from the material - the material informs the form. Jonathan Ive
You Material Disconnect Form Cannot Informs
The iPhone was broadly dismissed. The iPod was broadly dismissed. The iPad was probably more copiously written off as a large iPod. Jonathan Ive
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Successful collaboration, in your mind, could be that your opinion is the most valuable and becomes the prevailing sort of direction. That's not collaborating. Jonathan Ive
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Innovation at Apple has always been a team game. It has always been a case where you have a number of small groups working together. Jonathan Ive
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Unless we understand a certain material - metal or resin and plastic - understanding the processes that turn it from ore, for example - we can never develop and define form that's appropriate. Jonathan Ive
Example Understanding Unless Appropriate Define Never Develop For Example Understand Metal Material Form Processes Ore Turn Certain Plastic
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