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design.quotesilike.com was created by Lance Barrera,  a product designer who spends a lot of time listening to the people pushing design forward. What you’ll find here is curated and practical. Not just design legends, but contemporary leaders and emerging voices too. A collection of thinking that shapes the field and challenges how we work.

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"

The more artificial the world becomes, the more human we must be."

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Alice Au Quan
AI
Design Futures
Alice Au Quan
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#alice-au-quan

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AIDesign Futures
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AI / Design for Good
Type:
Website Content
Medium:
Website
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Primary
Year
2025
Date added
December 29, 2025

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While machines can replicate processes, only we as humans can tell the stories that move people and move culture. That is the skill that will take you into the future."

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Anjela Freyja
AI
Design Futures
Anjela Freyja
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#anjela-freyja-2

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AIDesign Futures
Source
Direct Quote
Type:
Social Post
Medium:
TikTok
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Primary
Year
2025
Date added
December 28, 2025

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Design today requires more than a knowledge of fonts and colors and buttons. It requires an ability to storytell. An ability to uncover emotional truths, and communicate them flawlessly through creativity."

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Anjela Freyja
Design Futures
Craft
Anjela Freyja
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#anjela-freyja

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Design FuturesCraft
Source
Direct Quote
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Social Post
Medium:
TikTok
Quality:
Primary
Year
2025
Date added
December 28, 2025

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Until we fix how we are as a society, as a humanity, our AI will still have these wayward weird outcomes that are not beneficial to the world."

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Ovetta Sampson
AI
Design Futures
Ovetta Sampson
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#ovetta-sampson-quote

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Category
AIDesign Futures
Source
Technically Speaking with Harrison Wheeler
Type:
Podcast
Medium:
Spotify
Quality:
Primary
Year
2025
Date added
December 28, 2025

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When people talk about style, they talk about the surface, when in fact—style involves the personal voice."

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Steven Heller
Craft
Design Philosophy
Steven Heller
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#steven-heller

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CraftDesign Philosophy
Source
Design Matters
Type:
Podcast
Medium:
Spotify
Quality:
Primary
Year
2015
Date added
December 27, 2025

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With play, design is like improvisational jazz. A concert of many signs and symbols."

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Steven Heller
Craft
Design Philosophy
Steven Heller
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#steven-heller-quote

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CraftDesign Philosophy
Source
Design Matters
Type:
Podcast
Medium:
Spotify
Quality:
Primary
Year
2015
Date added
December 27, 2025

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Easy to know that diamonds are precious. Good to learn that rubies have depth. But more to see that pebbles are miraculous."

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Josef Albers
Design Education
Design Philosophy
Josef Albers
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#josef-lbers

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Design EducationDesign Philosophy
Source
Design Matters
Type:
Podcast
Medium:
Spotify
Quality:
Secondary
Year
2013
Date added
December 26, 2025

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Instead of operating out of a place of fear, you can operate out of a place of curiosity and passion."

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Jessica Hische
Design Philosophy
Design Thinking
Jessica Hische
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#jessica-hische

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Design PhilosophyDesign Thinking
Source
Design Better
Type:
Podcast
Medium:
Spotify
Quality:
Primary
Year
2025
Date added
December 26, 2025

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Great cultures are not great cultures because they contain an attribute. They are great because they value an attribute."

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Phil Gilbert
Leadership
Design Thinking
Phil Gilbert
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#phil-gilbert

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LeadershipDesign Thinking
Source
Design Better
Type:
Podcast
Medium:
Spotify
Quality:
Primary
Year
2025
Date added
December 17, 2025

"

Every brand is in panic over AI, so they're all sprinting back to the same safe word—craft."

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Emma Chozick
AI
Design Futures
Emma Chozick
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#emma-chozick

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Category
AIDesign Futures
Source
Direct Quote
Type:
Social Post
Medium:
TikTok
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Primary
Year
2025
Date added
November 18, 2025

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People remember how you made them think, not just what you said."

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Emily Schaefer
Design Philosophy
Design Thinking
Emily Schaefer
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#people-remember-how-you-made-them-think-not-just-what-you-said

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Design PhilosophyDesign Thinking
Source
Direct Quote
Type:
Conversation
Medium:
In-Person
Quality:
Primary
Year
2025
Date added
November 10, 2025

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If you want to inspire productivity, what I've seen be the most effective for that is to inspire joy."

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Ben Swire
Leadership
Design Operations
Ben Swire
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#ben-swire

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LeadershipDesign Operations
Source
Design Better
Type:
Podcast
Medium:
Spotify
Quality:
Primary
Year
2025
Date added
November 6, 2025

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Curiousity is the most powerful way of pushing back while being respectful, because you're asking to understand what it is that you're missing."

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Ben Swire
Leadership
Design Operations
Ben Swire
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#ben-swire-quote

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LeadershipDesign Operations
Source
Design Better
Type:
Podcast
Medium:
Spotify
Quality:
Primary
Year
2025
Date added
November 6, 2025

"

When people feel seen by the people around them, that's when you really build a community of collaboration and trust."

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Ben Swire
Leadership
Design Operations
Ben Swire
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#ben-swire-1

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LeadershipDesign Operations
Source
Design Better
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Podcast
Medium:
Spotify
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Primary
Year
2025
Date added
November 6, 2025

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If we know that most designers will enter the workforce and spend most of their time working with non-designers, normal people, that has to be something we are prepping them for."

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Scott Berkun
Design Education
Design Operations
Scott Berkun
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#scott-berkun-quote

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Design EducationDesign Operations
Source
Design Better
Type:
Podcast
Medium:
Spotify
Quality:
Primary
Year
2025
Date added
November 3, 2025

"

Great ideas never start with a system; they start with a sketch, wireframe, creative freedom."

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Cameron Worboys
Design Systems
Design Thinking
Cameron Worboys
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#cameron-worboys

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Design SystemsDesign Thinking
Source
Figma Config
Type:
Conference
Medium:
YouTube
Quality:
Primary
Year
2024
Date added
October 31, 2025

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I would encourage designers to have nerve. I would encourage them to know that you can design the world that you want to live in."

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Brian Chesky
Design Philosophy
Design Operations
Brian Chesky
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#brian-chesky

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Design PhilosophyDesign Operations
Source
Figma Shortcut
Type:
Interview Transcript
Medium:
Website
Quality:
Primary
Year
2023
Date added
October 31, 2025

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I’ve always been wary of that whole ‘Design can change the world’ thing, because I don’t think design can change the world. People can change the world—and good ideas."

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Jessica Walsh
Design Philosophy
Design Thinking
Jessica Walsh
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#jessica-walsh-quote

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Design PhilosophyDesign Thinking
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TheSumOf
Type:
Interview Transcript
Medium:
Website
Quality:
Primary
Year
2015
Date added
October 31, 2025

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Less is more and more is more. It's the middle that's not a good place."

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Paula Scher
Design Philosophy
Design Thinking
Paula Scher
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#paula-scher

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Design PhilosophyDesign Thinking
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Creative Chair
Type:
Interview Transcript
Medium:
Website
Quality:
Primary
Year
2017
Date added
October 31, 2025

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The moral of the Golden State Warriors story, [...] one year they're out in the first round, the next year they win the finals. The talent, the same. What changed? Management changed."

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Peter Merholz
Design Operations
Leadership
Peter Merholz
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#peter-merholz

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Category
Design OperationsLeadership
Source
NN/G UX Podcast
Type:
Podcast
Medium:
Spotify
Quality:
Edited Primary
Year
2025
Date added
October 30, 2025

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