A well-designed and humane interface does not have to be split into beginner and expert subsystems.

- Jef Raskin

A computer shall not waste your time or require you to do more work than is strictly necessary.

- Jef Raskin

If I had not studied music, there would be no Macintosh computers today.

- Jef Raskin

What I proposed was a computer that would be easy to use, mix text and graphics, and sell for about $1,000. Steve Jobs said that it was a crazy idea,…

- Jef Raskin

Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of co…

- Jef Raskin

When you have to choose among methods, your locus of attention is drawn from the task and temporarily becomes the decision itself.

- Jef Raskin

As far as the customer is concerned, the interface is the product.

- Jef Raskin

A computer shall not harm your work or, through inaction, allow your work to come to harm.

- Jef Raskin

If our field is "to advance", we must - without displacing creativity and aesthetics - make sure our terminology is clear.

- Jef Raskin