In the visual arts, for example, the semiological approach to graphics provides a rigorous analysis of the visual means used by the… — Jacques Bertin Copy Share Image
A decorator, no matter how talented, can't always get the desired results because sometimes there is resistance or maybe a lack of… — Albert Hadley Copy Share Image
Psychoanalytic theory is the most stupendous intellectual confidence trick of the twentieth century and a terminal product as well-something akin to a… — Peter Medawar Copy Share Image
I'm not really well educated - other than an art survey course at the High School of Art and Design in New… — Marc Jacobs Copy Share Image
Nightlife is something I don't think directly affects my designs, but it's a great tool for me, growing up in London. Nearly… — Dominic Jones Copy Share Image
I've usually never felt comfortable shooting until things were kind of claustrophobic, but ballet dancers need a lot of space, so the… — Guy Maddin Copy Share Image
I do feel that the world is entering into a period of the incredible period of reflection and introspection. A lot of… — Marc Newson Copy Share Image
The peculiar interest of magic squares and all lusus numerorum in general lies in the fact that they possess the charm of… — Paul Carus Copy Share Image
In contemplating what to do with my life, I felt like I had two possible paths: one was to move to New… — Lauren Bush Copy Share Image
The designer shouldn't think of a simple dichotomy between errors and correct behavior; rather, the entire interaction should be treated as a… — Donald A. Norman Copy Share Image
I am extremely excited to develop and design a brand representative of my life, experiences and style. Working closely with Cherokee will… — Alessandra Ambrosio Copy Share Image
Architects design buildings; that's what we do, so we have to go with the flow; and, even though I'm still an old… — Richard Rogers Copy Share Image
I see that you believe in love such as the poets and romancers have represented... The poets represent love as the sculptors… — Alfred de Musset Copy Share Image
I am a fragment of a mirror whose whole design and shape I do not know. Nevertheless, with what I have -… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
My ex-student, Idit Harel, who wrote a book, "Children Designs," has a documented story of a kid who was very shy, isolated… — Seymour Papert Copy Share Image
I was doing a lot of web design at the time. And anybody that has an agent thinks, "Why do I need… — Jeff Vespa Copy Share Image
So what is design all about? It [exists to] decrease the amount of vulgarity in the world ... to make the world… — Massimo Vignelli Copy Share Image
Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country… I decided to take a calligraphy class to… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
I love religion. I could make up religions all day. I sort of think that in an ideal world I'd like to… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
What I'm trying to do is bring certain of those engineering values into the design process, such that when you think about… — Neri Oxman Copy Share Image
Indeed art is fundamental : to science, mathematics and to language. Unfortunately theorists, educators, parents and administrators have not fully understood its… — John A. Hiigli Copy Share Image
“McConnell writes, "In ten years the pendulum has swung from 'design everything' to 'design nothing.' But the alternative to BDUF [Big Design… — Kent Beck Copy Share Image
A bleak, black book, it engenders awe and despair. I have read it in its entirety 4 1/2 times, each time finding… — Michael Silverblatt Copy Share Image
I don't belong to any religion, but I like knowing and thinking that my life is connected to the life of the… — Alice Rohrwacher Copy Share Image
It does not follow from the separation of planning and doing in the analysis of work that the planner and the doer… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Challenger was lost because NASA came to believe its own propaganda. The agency's deeply impacted cultural hubris had it that technology-engineering-would always… — William E. Burrows Copy Share Image
Without a revolution of the inner life, however slow, all our big designs are worthless. The work we have to do is… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
I'm 100 percent sure the love and energy we give to a project will end up inside of it. I think it's… — Marcel Wanders Copy Share Image
In any case, his judgment and set of values, acting alone or through his assistants, determine not only what is gold and… — Samuel E. Morison Copy Share Image
Yet is it possible in terms of the motion of atoms to explain how men can invent an electric motor, or design… — Arthur Compton Copy Share Image
The Facebook algorithm designers chose to let us see what our friends are talking about. They chose to show us, in some… — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
The decor bowled me over. Everywhere I looked, there was something more to see. Botanical prints, a cross section of pomegranates, a… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
For contemporary fashion, I'm a huge fan of so many of the people out there. I think Azzedine Alaia holds up through… — Colleen Atwood Copy Share Image
The future of design is a future where anything material in the environment - whether it's wearables, cars, buildings - can be… — Neri Oxman Copy Share Image
I think the fact that my parents weren't conventional - especially considering their position - had a big influence on the way… — Stella McCartney Copy Share Image
The plot of a movie is its motor. It is not an accident that people call pictures 'vehicles' for stars. A vehicle… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Alexander McQueen's designs are all about bringing contrasts together to create startling and beautiful clothes and I hope that by marrying traditional… — Sarah Burton Copy Share Image
In our civilization, there are permanent forms which are part of every epoch and every culture. They are not especially difficult to… — Philippe Starck Copy Share Image
Architecture is inherently a totalitarian activity. One thing we hate about it is that when you design a space, you're probably designing… — Vito Acconci Copy Share Image
The wisdom of crowds works when the crowd is choosing the price of an ox, when there's a single numeric average. But… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
![“So what is design all about? It [exists to] decrease the amount of vulgarity in the world ... to make the world a better place to be. It doesn’t have to be one style. We’re not talking about style, we’re talking about quality. Style is tangible, quality is intangible. I am talking about giving to…” quote by Massimo Vignelli](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/28b/massimo-vignelli-13401_amount_so-what-is-design-all-about-it-exists-to_2512333.png)
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