Design Quotes
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I went to art and design high school with a lot of people taking fashion. They would get up in the morning, and what they put on meant a lot to them.
Amy Heckerling
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The Taj stands on a raised, square platform (186 x 186 feet) with its four corners truncated, forming an unequal octagon. The architectural design uses the interlocking arabesque concept, in which each element stands on its own and perfectly integrates with the main structure.
Patrick Henry
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I do believe that there are some universal cognitive tasks that are deep and profound - indeed, so deep and profound that it is worthwhile to understand them in order to design our displays in accord with those tasks.
Edward Tufte
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In architecture the idea degenerated. Design allows a more direct and pleasurable route.
Charles Eames
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I don't act, I don't direct, I don't design.
Tom Stoppard
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My own style is pretty classic; I much prefer to design for others.
Colleen Atwood
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Neither in environment nor in heredity can I find the exact instrument that fashioned me, the a.non.y.muse roller that passed upon my life a certain intricate watermark whose unique design becomes visible when the lamp of art is made to shine through life's foolscap.
Vladimir Nabokov
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Havenotness is caused by society's failure to design and produce the right tools and goods. Money alone is not the panacea.
R. Buckminster Fuller
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I could open a thousand Excel documents and still never think to scroll past a wall of empty rows to see if, hidden beneath them, there is a tab I need to click. Just doesn't occur to me. Because, design.
Jeffrey Zeldman
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We are here for God's designs, not for our own.
Oswald Chambers
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Whether by design or circumstance, every startup will eventually get disrupted.
Jay Samit
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Of course design is about problem solving, but I cannot resist adding something personal.
Wim Crouwel
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Good design begins with honesty, asks tough questions, comes from collaboration and from trusting your intuition.
Freeman Thomas
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My autumn/winter 2011-12 collection embodies the bold and beautiful while reflecting an innovative style and passion for immaculate design. I believe that this collection radiates modern femininity and beauty in its purest form.
Emilia Wickstead
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I always tried to design something new and of the moment. The idea was not to make something that would last, but to make something a woman could really wear when she needed it, like a good friend.
Pauline Trigere
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I always wanted to design for films.
Ken Adam
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Nobody can design my life. I’ll design my own life
Woo Ji-ho Block B
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If you watched companies such as Sony and Samsung grow, they focused first on features and then on industrial design, which made their products look and feel better.
Jefferson Han
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The world is moving into a phase when landscape design may well be recognized as the most comprehensive of the arts. Man creates around him an environment that is a projection into nature of his abstract ideas. It is only in the present century that the collective landscape has emerged as a social necessity. We are promoting a landscape art on a scale never conceived of in history.
Geoffrey Jellicoe
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We have an opportunity with the Model S to refine the design language, the surfacing, and all aspects of functionality.
Franz von Holzhausen
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A piece of jewelry is in a sense an object that is not complete in itself. Jewelry is a ‘what is it?’ until you relate it to the body. The body is a component in design just as air and space are. Like line, form, and color, the body is a material to work with. It is one of the basic inspirations in creating form.
Art Smith
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I always want to design a frame that’s open to everyone. I don’t see art as a secret code.
Ai Weiwei
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It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them. As Henry Ford said many years earlier: "If I had listened to my customers, I would have built a faster horse." Inventions in general express Shannon entropy. They come from the supply side.
George Gilder
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I don't want to design something that everybody else would do. I want to design something that's bigger or better or funnier or more beautiful.
Chris March