Jonathan Ive Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I left London in 1992, but I'm there 3-4 times a year, and love visiting.”

“If you are truly innovating, you don't have a prototype you can refer to.”

“It never ceases to amaze me what it takes to develop and bring to mass production a product.”

“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.”

“One thing most people don't know is that Steve Jobs is an exceptional designer.”

“When you do everything to make the very best product, it also means you're very focused on just a few products.”

“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?”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”