When I was a teenager, that was when I fell in love with music. It affected me in a deep way. That’s why I love having teenagers at our shows.
ALAN COOPERMy computer’s memory stores a million phone numbers with perfect accuracy, but I have to stop and think to recall my own.
More Alan Cooper Quotes
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And as soon as any object exhibits sufficient cognitive function, those instincts kick in and we react as though we were interacting with another sentient human being.
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Keep it simple: In general, interfaces should use simple geometric forms, minimal contours, and a restricted color palette comprised primarily of less-saturated or neutral colors balanced with a few high contrast accent colors that emphasize important information.
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Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
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Men do not greet one another like this … except perhaps at rugby club dinners.
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As these machines leak into every corner of our lives, they will annoy us, infuriate us, and even kill a few of us.
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Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in.
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We don’t fight about music. We don’t fight about artistic direction.
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I just try and learn to be a good husband and be a good father before I am a good rock star. That means saying no to certain things that go with the business.
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The things like that we could fight about, we really don’t. We are pretty lucky for that.
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There is little difference technically between a complicated, confusing program and a simple, fun, and powerful product.
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Because computers have memories, we imagine that they must be something like our human memories, but that is simply not true.
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One of the most heinous, insidious lies is the notion that you have to be an asshole to be a successful business person.
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Touring hard and then working on putting the next one out. I don’t need to break. I just need to put a record out.
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Form follows function straight to hell.
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English bohemians sit in cold orderly rows, like carrots.
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