Human-Centered Quotes

We should work for simple, good, undecorated things, but things which are in harmony with the human being and organically suited to the little man in the street.

We are living at the beginning of the humanization of business.

User-centered design means understanding what your users need, how they think, and how they behave - and incorporating that understanding into every aspect of your process.

If I had a worldview, and I don't know if I do, but if I did, it's one that's intensely humanistic.

Technology isn't the enemy, it is our ally, but only if we adopt a new model that puts people before profit. I realize that we seem far from that model, but I have seen it in action and it is a beautiful thing. So I'm not willing to give up yet. Hope is the last thing to die.

In the global millennium goals, we're on track to beat and eliminate severe poverty. So there are lots of positive trends. I think the world in 25 years could be a much better version of the world we have today. But the role of humans would still be fundamentally at the center of that.

Design is people.

Design must reflect the practical and aesthetic in business but above all... good design must primarily serve people.

Design is really an act of communication, which means having a deep understanding of the person with whom the designer is communicating.

We put people at the center of everything we do.

We all love the environment, but we have placed creatures above people. A rat is a rat.

Companies that are design-led understand that design is not a deliverable; it is a profound manifestation of the human spirit.

Leaders must be reminded that Businesses exist for the service of men.

We are going to position ourselves as a world-class financial institution. We want to do things that are comparable to the best in the world. At the same time, we want to have very strong human qualities.

The architect must get to know the people who will live in the planned house. From their needs, the rest inevitably follows.

I always design the hat with the wearer in mind; otherwise, it's an inanimate object.

Doctrines are meant to serve man, not the other way around.

At present, too much theological thinking is very human-centered.

Man is the measure of all things, of things that are that they are, and of things that are not that they are not.

Building human-centered organizations doesn't imply a return to the paternalistic, corporate welfare practices of the 19th century. Most of us don't want to be nannied.

Do what's good for humans, modeled on how humans already do things; ignore what's convenient for computers.

If there are any gods whose chief concern is man, they can't be very important gods.

When technological advancement can go up so exponentially, I do think there's a risk of losing sight of the fact that tech should serve humanity, not the other way around.

I want to build businesses that are high quality, socially conscious, and for the people.

Ensure it feels like it's made by humans, for humans.