13 Inspiring Jony Ive Quotes That Show He's The Genius Behind Apple's Biggest Products

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The thing is, it's very easy to be different, but very difficult to be better.

The thing is, it's very easy to be different, but very difficult to be better.

via Leander Kahney, "Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products."

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There is beauty when something works and it works intuitively.

There is beauty when something works and it works intuitively.

via The Telegraph

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Good is the enemy of great.

Good is the enemy of great.

via Wired UK

The memory of how we work will endure beyond the products of our work.

The memory of how we work will endure beyond the products of our work.

via Design Museum

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We have always thought about design as being so much more than just the way something looks. It's the whole thing: the way something works on so many different levels. Ultimately, of course, design defines so much of our experience.

We have always thought about design as being so much more than just the way something looks. It's the whole thing: the way something works on so many different levels. Ultimately, of course, design defines so much of our experience.

Said on stage at WWDC 2013 (via Wikiquote.org)

“It's a way that you demonstrate that you care for the people that you are making these products for. I think we see ourselves as having a civic responsibility to do that. It's important. It's right. It's very hard to explain why."

“It's a way that you demonstrate that you care for the people that you are making these products for. I think we see ourselves as having a civic responsibility to do that. It's important. It's right. It's very hard to explain why."

via The Telegraph

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“There's no learning without trying lots of ideas and failing lots of times.”

“There's no learning without trying lots of ideas and failing lots of times.”

via The Telegraph

”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.”

”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.”

via The Telegraph

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“When something exceeds your ability to understand how it works, it sort of becomes magical.”

“When something exceeds your ability to understand how it works, it sort of becomes magical.”

Said in Apple's promotional video for the first iPad (via Venturebeat)

“A fundamental part of that is making mistakes together. There's no learning without trying lots of ideas and failing lots of times."

“A fundamental part of that is making mistakes together. There's no learning without trying lots of ideas and failing lots of times."

via (The Telegraph)

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“You have that sinking feeling that the fact that you are having to articulate the value and persuade other people is probably indicative of the fact that actually it's not good enough.”

“You have that sinking feeling that the fact that you are having to articulate the value and persuade other people is probably indicative of the fact that actually it's not good enough.”

via The Telegraph

“It's sad and frustrating that we are surrounded by products that seem to testify to a complete lack of care. That's an interesting thing about an object. One object speaks volumes about the company that produced it and its values and priorities.”

“It's sad and frustrating that we are surrounded by products that seem to testify to a complete lack of care. That's an interesting thing about an object. One object speaks volumes about the company that produced it and its values and priorities.”

via Wikiquotes

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“Particularly when you're sat on a plane and it appears that the majority of people are using something that you've collectively agonized over. It's a wonderful reward."

“Particularly when you're sat on a plane and it appears that the majority of people are using something that you've collectively agonized over. It's a wonderful reward."

via The Telegraph

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