Porsche on design [quote them]

As quoted on DaringFireball.net:

"Design must be functional, and functionality must be translated into visual aesthetics, without any reliance on gimmicks that have to be explained." 

-- Ferdinand A. Porsche, grandson of Porsche founder Ferdinand Porsche and designer of the 911, who just very recently died at the age of 76. Read the news article on the New York Times: nyti.ms/I3SAVd.