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“Being superficially different is the goal of so many of the products we see... rather than trying to innovate and genuinely taking the time, investing the resources and caring enough to try and make something better.”

Jonathan Ive

In The Globe and Mail newspaper (January 2007)

Time

“My father was a really good craftsman – he was a silversmith – so I grew up understanding how things were made. That’s something that’s easy to take for granted, but everything that has been made has been thought about, designed, and I think that growing up with an appreciation of the nature of objects was hugely influential to me.”

Jonathan Ive

Vogue: "Quiet By Design: Naomi Campbell Interviews Jony Ive" (2 April 2018)

Understanding , Nature , Thinking

“To create something that's genuinely new, you have to start again, and I think with great intent, you disconnect from the past.”

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Ive (2012) cited in: " Without Steve Jobs, Has Apple Lost its Mojo? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFY_vJV4I6A", TODAY Online, Jun. 12, 2012: About the new MacBook Pro in its introduction video

Thinking , Past

“The more I learnt about this cheeky – almost rebellious – company, the more it appealed to me, as it unapologetically pointed to an alternative in a complacent and creatively bankrupt industry. Apple stood for something and had reason for being that wasn't just about making money.”

Jonathan Ive

On how he felt when he used a Mac for the first time at college, in an interview at the Design Museum (2003)[citation needed]

Money

“We have always thought about design as being so much more than just the way something looks. It's the whole thing: the way something works on so many different levels. Ultimately, of course, design defines so much of our experience.”

Jonathan Ive

Ive explaining his view on Apple's use of design in the product video shown at WWDC 2013 for iOS 7.

Way