Dieter Rams Quotes

Good design should be honest.

The worst thing is to be a designer and create work that isn't honest. You have to be honest. Otherwise, you'll always be a reaction to what other people do and you'll always be one step behind.

I stayed true to what I thought was good design no matter who it was for.

I must be sincere towards what I am. ... Experimenting is the only thing that fills me with enthusiasm. ... It is the only sphere where I feel really honest and sincere.

I feel more comfortable being honest because I don't have to "remember" my answers. You never forget the truth! I just have to learn how much truth to give, that's my boundary. That's my new thing.

Every man is wholly honest to himself and to God, but not to any one else.

Give me an honest laugher.

What you've got to do is be honest. Say what you believe. Give it to them straight. Just don't wuss out.

Why, I’m just as true and honest as dirt. And I’m even more charming than dirt.

When you showed someone how you felt, it was fesh and honest. Whe you told someone how you felt, there might be nothing behind the words but habit or expectation.

I say too much sometimes, but I'm honest, that's the important thing.

Monologue is the most honest way to represent human beings.

If you don't say the honest thing, it never becomes true.

I guess I'm one of those girls who can be too honest about things for my own good, but I expect it back. I expect people to be honest and blunt with me, too.

You have to be true, you have to be honest.. Don't do anything, just figure out what it is that is true to you, what makes you happiest to do and be out there. And if it doesn't work, then you just have to call it a day and go find something else. But don't make it up. Don't go out there and pretend to be something you aren't.

I'm very honest about where I'm coming from.

If a writer is convinced that he is honest, then it is very difficult for him to be a bad writer.

An honest lie is better than a boring truth.

to be honest and yet popular is almost as difficult in literature as it is in life.

I always try to just be honest ... As opposed to artifice or manipulation.

The truth is funny. Honest discovery, observation, and reaction is better than contrived invention.

Every song that has been a hit for me has been honest and truthful. I have to believe that same formula will work on this (television) show. It has to be believable and honest.

Try to be as honest as possible.

All good writers speak in honest voices and tell the truth.

I won't have a hard time being brutally honest. But I won't be mean. You don't have to be mean to be honest.