White space is the lungs of the layout. It’s not there for aesthetic reasons. It’s there for physical reasons.
Derek Birdsall
An internationally renowned British graphic designer.
Horror Vacui
Minimalism
Space
White Space
Purposefully adding a delay to a process can actually increase its perceived value and instill a sense of trust, even when the process itself actually takes much less time.
Wizards of UX
This quote is hard to attribute to one particular person as it is a generally accepted piece of advice repeated by many. It is part of the collective wisdom of Wizards of UX!
Design Principles
IxD
Laws of UX
Timing
That a user should not be kept waiting unnecessarily is an obvious and humane design principle. It is also humane not to hurry a user; the more general principle is: Users should set the pace of an interaction.
Jef Raskin
An American human–computer interface expert best known for conceiving and starting the Macintosh project at Apple in the late 1970s.
Design Principles
UX Design
People do judge books by their covers, internet sites by their first pages, and buildings by their lobbies.
William Lidwell
The Director of Design at Stuff Creators Design in Houston and author of the best-selling design book, Universal Principles of Design.