Design Quotes · Page 53

I didn't think that personal style had much value in graphic design.

— Stefan Sagmeister

You explore concepts and things that interest you, but you are also exploring inside of yourself.

— Ed Paschke

Generally people are more impressed with the services and the comfort issues than the design.

— Frank Gehry

A prudent person, having to do with a designing one, will always distrust most when appearances are fairest.

— Samuel Richardson

In architecture the idea degenerated. Design allows a more direct and pleasurable route.

— Charles Eames

I used to design my Barbie dolls' clothes. I used to be doing hair.

— Sexyy Red

No design works unless it embodies ideas that are held common by the people for whom the object is intended.

— Adrian Forty

It should look as if it has always been like that, as if Nature had made it that way. That's good design.

— Sepp Holzer

Designing the technical aspects of my camera movement for me is very important. I want the camera to be a big part…

— James Wan

If we want users to like our software we should design it to behave like a likeable person: respectful, generous and helpful.

— Alan Cooper

At the University of Maryland, my first year I started off planning to major in art because I was interested in theatre…

— Jim Henson

I'm such a girl because all the guys go for cars because of their engines or something like that. I like the…

— Nathalie Kelley

One purpose of CRC cards [a design tool] is to fail early, to fail often, and to fail inexpensively. It is a…

— Cay S. Horstmann

By suicide I introduce my design in nature, I shall for the first time give things the shape of my will ...…

— Antonin Artaud

Being a student in an art & design school, that was the moment for me, that was when I began to develop…

— Tim Gunn

Microsoft unleashed something called Bob, a program that's supposed to make Windows easier to use. Until a Bob helper is born, you…

— Josh Quittner

The absence of fossil evidence for intermediary stages between major transitions in organic design, indeed our inability, even in our imagination, to…

— Stephen Jay Gould

I was a gay kid in high school in the late '90s, and I was in theater club. I was never a…

— James Pearse Connelly

“Would you like to have a beautiful and attractive design for your website? Over the past 16 years, we design engaging websites…

— Milli Bernard

The government can always rescue the markets or interfere with contract law whenever it deems convenient with little or no apparent cost.…

— Seth Klarman

To me, you can't have style without being inspired. When I design a collection, I am inspired by so many things. The…

— Isaac Mizrahi

Thirty spokes meet in the hub, but the empty space between them is the essence of the wheel. Pots are formed from…

— Laozi

Being a sculptor who uses found objects, all the objects I use in my work have been designed by other people. So…

— Cornelia Parker

I love to design for women, it's really open and very free. I always think of my friends. I think of both…

— Marc Jacobs

Informed clients are better clients, and they make for better design.

— Kelly Wearstler

Define what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.

— Alan Cooper

I love design, so it's important for me to have a creative outlet.

— Mark Parker

The world of design has been subjugated by the rigors of manufacturing and mass production.

— Neri Oxman

“Live Your Life By Design, Rather Than From Crisis to Crisis!”

— Carla Ferrer

My mantra is: 'Good design accelerates the adoption of new ideas.'

— Yves Behar

Clutter and confusion are failures of design, not attributes of information.

— Edward Tufte

I always have music playing in my studio when I design. It really gets me in the mood and allows me to…

— Yigal Azrouel

It was a wonderful experience to design the Pride of Cows limited-edition bottle.

— Gauri Khan

I discovered at an early age that all I've ever wanted to do is design.

— Jonathan Ive

The work needs to get out of your head and on to the table, and it needs to be done from the…

— Paula Scher

Good design is long-lasting! It avoids being fashionable and therefore never appears antiquated…

— Dieter Rams

Why would you design something if it didn't improve the human condition?

— Niels Diffrient

I like the body. I like to design everything to do with the body.

— Gianni Versace

There is no way to find the best design except to try out as many designs as possible and discard the failures.

— Freeman Dyson

It's aggravating that Hollywood has never gotten credit for the role it played in promoting modern design.

— Camille Paglia