Wim Crouwel Quotes
Of course design is about problem solving, but I cannot resist adding something personal.
Quotes to Explore
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We have a problem. 'Congratulations.' But it's a tough problem. 'Then double congratulations.'
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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.
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We worked on solving the problem of voice communications in a noisy military environment. We established military codes that are highly audible and invented selection tests for personnel who had a superior ability to recognize sound in a noisy background.
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I design all my sets. With my tour and my album artwork, I co-design that with people who are better at drawing than me. But I've got a good imagination. I went to art school so I understand how to communicate my ideas.
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In a completely integrated unit where you'd have white soldiers, particularly from southern states, serving under black noncommissioned officers or officers... I think you would have a problem definitely.
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The problem, when comparing contemporary television to television in 1974, is that TV has become not just bad but sad.
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The best way to resolve any problem in the human world is for all sides to sit down and talk.
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I'm such a girl because all the guys go for cars because of their engines or something like that. I like the colour and the design.
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If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
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I wanted to make good records. But my problem is I've got a low boredom threshold, so I wanted it to look and sound different with each album, which is really tantamount to suicide, cause people lose it, they lose it - they say: 'I like that, and that's not this.'
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What we can afford least is to define the problem of future war as we would like it to be and, by doing so, introduce into our defense vulnerabilities based on self-delusion.
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I think this is really a defining moment for the Arab world. The problem is, it is all going to be about blood, sweat and tears. In certain countries it may be just sweat, and in some countries sweat and tears, and in some countries, as you can see, a lot of blood. I think initial instability is something that we are all extremely nervous of.
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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.
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People who run a ready-to-wear company are businessmen rather than production or design people.
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Liberals have to get more comfortable with dealing with the poor as they actually are. I admire their refusal to look down on the least among us, but at some level, that can become an excuse to never really look at the problem at all.
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There are professions more harmful than industrial design, but only a few.
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If you have two good off spinners, what is the problem in playing both of them.
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I love designing bridal. I do not follow trends - I design dresses that are relevant to the times.
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I design for a feminine woman who appreciates art a lot, either as a profession or as a hobby.
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I came from a real working-class show business family.
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I love the idea of animation just because it removes the actor from the character, and you can be anything. I've been devouring 'Adventure Time' and 'Archer.' I'd love to get my hands dirty on either of those shows.
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There's something very strange about Sherlock Holmes, especially if you're an English schoolboy. When you read the stories, they stay with you forever.
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I've found out that money is the most important thing in the world and, as God is my witness, I don't ever intend to be without it again. I'll never be hungry again.
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Of course design is about problem solving, but I cannot resist adding something personal.
