Design Quotes · Page 57

Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.

— Caterina Fake

I am inspired to design experiences that people actually need and love to use.

— Tom Gruber

“Once you lose the discipline of functionality as a design guidepost, the imagination runs amok.”

— Yvon Chouinard

Obamacare's design flaws were not the fault of the American people.

— Kevin Brady

A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere the careless, the most stupid thinker

— David Hume

I don't design houses with the nuclear family idea because I don't believe in it as a concept.

— Peter Eisenman

I'm a total control freak and love to participate in the design of every single aspect of life.

— Drew Barrymore

I don't care what word you use: my job is to design clothing that is not out there for us.

— Ashley Nell Tipton

Design is a tool that allows us to reach out and inspire, to touch others and help make lives magic and wonderful

— Marcel Wanders

Lemuel Ayers had had a huge success producing and designing Kiss Me, Kate. He wanted to produce this as a musical. I…

— Stephen Sondheim

Writing generally, it may be said that in design, roof, and general aspect, Japanese Buddhist temples are all alike. The sacred architectural…

— Isabella Bird

There is nothing in the animal world, to my mind, more delightful than grown cats at play. They are so swift and…

— Monica Edwards

The path to the CEO's office should not be through the CFO's office, and it should not be through the marketing department.…

— Elon Musk

I wasn't supposed to run as much as I did in the NFL. But it turned out that all that scrambling I…

— Archie Manning

Anyone interested in design must be interested in other fields of expression - theater, ballet, photography, literature, music.

— Lester Beall

I had worked in PR for Giorgio Armani and Ralph Lauren and I always wanted to do something in design - and…

— Jennifer Meyer

Flair is a primitive kind of style. It is innate and cannot be taught. It can be polished and refined. When a…

— Albert Hadley

I've always thought that design can have equal importance to the idea of internal architecture. Professionally, things can be very dogmatic -…

— Zaha Hadid

The bottom line for mathematicians is that the architecture has to be right. In all the mathematics that I did, the essential…

— Freeman Dyson

In the course of time I have learned to tramp about coral reefs, twenty to thirty feet under water, so unconcernedly that…

— William Beebe

In giving us children, God places us in a position of both leadership and service. He calls us to give up our…

— Charles Stanley

It is hard to resist the impression that the present structure of the universe, apparently so sensitive to minor alterations in numbers,…

— Paul Davies

I'm constantly thinking about design, shapes, patterns and colors, so I just want to be more of a blank canvas. But there…

— Prabal Gurung

In evolution, as in all areas of science, our knowledge is incomplete. But the entire success of the scientific enterprise has depended…

— Bruce Alberts

The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy.

— Noam Chomsky

Graphic Design is the communication of information in an appropriate visual manner.

— Massimo Vignelli

What we make testifies who we are. People can sense care and can sense carelessness.

— Jonathan Ive

I had a faux-hawk for a while and I used to buzz the sides and design it. It was really bad.

— Joe Jonas

It took me a few seconds to draw it, but it took me 34 years to learn how to draw it in…

— Paula Scher

There either is a god or there is not; there is a 'design' or not.

— Christopher Hitchens

When a designer creates, he looks at the world around him.

— Carine Roitfeld

I find that when I write, I need things to be quiet, but when I design, I can't bear it if it's…

— Jonathan Ive

I never see one woman when I design, it's always a universe of women

— Donna Karan

“Designing posters, for me, is not only a commercial pursuit but also a philosophical endeavor.”

— Fang Chen

When it gets difficult is often right before you succeed.

— Jeffrey Walker

A simple [writing] style is the result of very hard work.

— William Zinsser

Fiat has a lot going for it in terms of design, technology and efficiency.

— Peter Schmidt

A pattern is either right or wrong...it is no stronger than its weakest point.

— William Morris

Classical design is a mirror of the human mind. It's how we see the world.

— Robert McKee

What we remember most about rooms we like is the 'atmosphere.'

— Charlotte Moss