Designers Quotes · Page 8

The Council of Fashion Designers of America is a national neurotic society of creative leaders in various fields of fashion.

— Oscar de la Renta

Designers have told me that their collections are so me, but I don't always recognise it because if you ask me what…

— Carine Roitfeld

I love 'Project Runway' because I can really be of help to an industry and I can be supportive to designers.

— Nina Garcia

Designers need to be mavericks, because the best way to design a successful object is to pretend that either it never existed…

— Paola Antonelli

So many young designers are focused on styling rather than materials now. We have to change that.

— Pier Luigi Loro Piana

I'd love there to be more larger models, but it's just not going to happen. Designers love to design for slim girls.

— Twiggy

Blend is great for designers because it implements a lot of sophisticated behaviours, but for what I like to do, hand coding…

— Charles Petzold

My favorite designers are, Chloe, D&G, Christian Louboutin and Marc Jacobs. I change my style from day to day, so I have…

— Candice Swanepoel

I am a chameleon when it comes the way I dress. I am constantly changing it up, and I really can't commit…

— Darby Stanchfield

I love heels, and as a size 36, I've accumulated a wall of amazing high heels from catwalk shows over the years…

— Liberty Ross

It is sad that so many designers don't know how to make. CAD software can make a bad design look palatable! It…

— Jonathan Ive

Some designers retain a sense of humour about what they do, but others are deathly serious and have no life outside of…

— Helena Christensen

I cannot draw to save my life, and I'm not a big art scholar, but I worked with many designers throughout my…

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

“An artist’s job was not to give aesthetic pleasure—designers could do that; it was to step back from the world and attempt…

— Will Gompertz

Unlike Etsy, which is all handmade, we print and ship the products, not the designers. We relieve the designer from having to…

— Mariam Naficy

Designers are optimistic people who are trained to be courageous about the future—and making the future happen. They aren’t always aware of…

— Nathan Shedroff

Early in my career, I was involved with engineer-led projects, where designers came in late in the game and were expected to…

— Ryan Holmes

I think an important approach for designers to take is to have a very - not singular but focused point of view.

— Stacey Bendet

Designers have to keep the body in mind all the time. Think of the girl's undergarments: the bra is always key.

— Candice Huffine

I don't really consider myself a model, to be honest. I respect designers; I think it's another art, you know.

— Josephine de La Baume

Young designers will often look at things in a different way, and when I was first designing, that's exactly how I felt.…

— Esme Young

There's no conversation happening between plus-size women and designers. The door is never open.

— Aidy Bryant

Design is both a political and cultural force for change, although most designers choose not to think about the power it has.

— Jonathan Barnbrook

My style has definitely grown since moving to New York and working on 'Gossip Girl.' I'm more aware of a lot of…

— Jessica Szohr

I came from a different world from other designers because I already had such a strong fan base that was interested in…

— Christian Siriano

The modern designers are quite showy, and a lot of the young people really like it. Costume jewelry has always been about…

— Judith Miller

Writers now are putting total faith in designers at Apple and Amazon. It's almost like a race-car driver having no input into…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

My favourite designers are Stella McCartney, Balenciaga, Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel and Givenchy, but I wish I had loads of money to spend…

— Dervla Kirwan

People always think that designers hate each other. And we're certainly a competitive lot, but we also enjoy each other's company. No…

— Michael Kors

I'm fascinated with design. I realized early that I had no talent in that direction, but I love talking with architects and…

— Alex Steffen

Apple's Industrial Design team is harder to get into than the Illuminati, and part of the reason is because no one leaves.…

— Jonathan Ive

Architects have to become designers of eco-systems. Not just designers of beautiful facades or beautiful sculptures, but systems of economy and ecology,…

— Bjarke Ingels

There are a lot of designers who think they understand technology and a lot of technology guys who think they understand design.…

— Tony Fadell

I started LearnVest with a tiny savings account where I paid designers, technologists, and even bartered... Because I started with paying for…

— Alexa Von Tobel

Very few designers today design - it's very important to be able to do your own sketch on paper and then explain…

— Valentino Garavani

I honestly think that with our generation - Alex Wang, Prabal Gurung, Jason Wu, Christian Cota, Robert Geller - there's a different…

— Joseph Altuzarra

There are two kinds of designers: ones who are very happy locked in their office surrounded by their coterie. The last thing…

— Michael Kors

We are being accused that some models are anorexic. But we as fashion designers cannot be blamed, because you know, when I…

— Alber Elbaz

Ebooks represent a shift from a culture of scarcity to a culture of abundance. In the past, publishing required a great deal…

— David Gerrold

I think it's cool to get to know designers. There is some anxiety, maybe, that after you've met a designer, you want…

— Morgan Saylor