William McDonough Quotes

If design is the first signal of human intention.

William McDonough

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• One of the best animated films I've seen come out of Disney was the Tarzan movie. I wasn't crazy about the story or the design on Tarzan's face, but the traditional animation was spectacular.

  

  Ralph Bakshi
  • Movie
  • Best
  • Crazy

• The Constitution remains brilliant in its overall design and sound with respect to the Bill of Rights and the separation of powers. But there are numerous archaic provisions that inhibit constructive change and adaptation. These constitutional bits affect the daily life of the republic and every citizen in it.

  

  Larry J. Sabato
  • Life
  • Change
  • Respect

• I love design in general, the creativity. Whether it is golf courses, my apparel line, ads we do or our business with AriZona, design is fun.

  

  Jack Nicklaus
  • Business
  • Fun
  • Design

• Punk's influence on music, movies, art, design and fashion is no longer in doubt. It is used as the measurement for what is cool.

  

  Malcolm Mclaren
  • Music
  • Art
  • Fashion

• If there is a gay uniform, the differences are in how each man coordinates the details: the brand and cut of the jeans, the design of belts and boots, the haircut, the number and size of earrings.

  

  Lance Loud
  • Man
  • Design
  • Gay

• Bankruptocracy is as much a European predicament as it is an American 'invention.' The difference between the experience of the two continents is that at least Americans did not have to labour under the enormous design faults of the eurozone.

  

  Yanis Varoufakis
  • Experience
  • American
  • Design

• When you buy things that are expensive, like a sofa or something that really feels like an investment, you need to keep it as plain as possible, as simple as possible. Make sure that it's a clean design that will work with whatever style you want it to.

  

  Nate Berkus
  • Work
  • Simple
  • Style

• When I graduated from Parsons School of Design, the dean at that time said I would never be a designer. Obviously I didn't listen.

  

  Narciso Rodriguez
  • Time
  • School
  • Design

• People who run a ready-to-wear company are businessmen rather than production or design people.

  

  Calvin Klein
  • People
  • Design
  • Company

• I very rarely wear suits, and only make one or two per season, so it's about wanting exceptional clothes that don't feel stiff. Fabric and garment washing are a big part of my design process for that reason. Everything needs to feel lived-in and comfortable.

  

  Yigal Azrouël
  • Design
  • Process
  • Clothes

• I love designing bridal. I do not follow trends - I design dresses that are relevant to the times.

  

  Naeem Khan
  • Design
  • Follow
  • Relevant

• Great French design is often about unexpected touches.

  

  Candice Olson
  • Great
  • Design
  • Unexpected

• Design, if it is to be ecologically responsible and socially responsive, must be revolutionary and radical.

  

  Victor Papanek
  • Design
  • Responsible
  • Radical

• Trying to design the perfect plan is the perfect recipe for disappointment.

  

  Patrick Lencioni
  • Trying
  • Perfect
  • Design

• Let's be realistic, how many people are buying a $2,000 skirt? I love to design things that people can actually buy. I'm staggered by what a boot costs today.

  

  Vera Wang
  • People
  • Today
  • Things

• For the life of me, I still don't understand why humans pray.

  

  Vincent Bugliosi
  • Life
  • Understand
  • Humans

• The year the bus drivers went on strike in Pittsburgh, I was twenty-three and living on the edge of the city in a neighborhood that was on the verge of becoming a ghetto. I had just been fired from a good job as a cartographer in a design studio where I had worked for about four months.

  

  Said Sayrafiezadeh
  • Good
  • Job
  • City

• I brought a lot of my own pieces of clothes to the design room when I first met with the design team just so they could see what my style was like.

  

  Nastia Liukin
  • Team
  • Style
  • Design

• A work, however, should be judged by its design and its execution, and not by any preconceived notion of what it ought to be according to the critic, rather than the author.

  

  Isaac D'Israeli
  • Work
  • Design
  • Author

• I design for a feminine woman who appreciates art a lot, either as a profession or as a hobby.

  

  Christian Cota
  • Art
  • Design

• We must look for leaders who have exhibited a lifetime of service to their communities and have proven that their intention is to help people.

  

  Richard Ojeda
  • People
  • Lifetime
  • Intention

• If you got it, ask yourself why and try to repeat the action. If you failed, ask yourself why and try to learn from the experience.

  

  Dale Carnegie
  • Why
  • Experience
  • Action

• She made her shoulder blades into steel, willing them to stay rigid against his onslaught. She was a thing of gears and metal, strong like clockwork, and she wouldn’t melt down into tears.

  

  Courtney Milan
  • She
  • Strong
  • Steel

• If design is the first signal of human intention.

  

  William McDonough
  • Design
  • Humans
  • Firsts