The design of a dress, furniture, a house, a room, a street and a city are all the same process. — Gianfranco Ferre Copy Share Image
“A design can excel at one challenge only by compromising at others.” — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a decorator. I wanted to interior design homes and do everything myself. — Ursula Andress Copy Share Image
I studied jazz in college. I studied music history, and I have a degree in music engineering. — Lari White Copy Share Image
This building is like a book. Its architecture is the binding, its text is in the glass and sculpture. — Malcolm Miller Copy Share Image
I think of myself as an engineer, not as a visionary or 'big thinker.' I don't have any lofty goals. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Shoes are by far the most complicated thing to bring to market. It's not just design. You need engineering. — Kenneth Cole Copy Share Image
In the broad sense design means thinking about what the function or purpose of things or processes are, and translating that into… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
If you've found some way to educate yourself about engineering, stocks, or whatever it is, good employers will have some type of… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Character is built out of circumstances. From exactly the same materials, one man builds palaces, while another builds hovels. — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
Designs are a revelation to me. It's like taking something that is not alive and giving it form, shape, substance, and life. — Geoffrey Beene Copy Share Image
The genius idea of industrialism was the concept of the Model T: In exchange for something cheap and well-made, we'd forgo unique,… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
If I had one singular galvanizing ambition in life, I would try to reverse engineer toward it, but I don't. — Chelsea Clinton Copy Share Image
I'm thrilled to share the story of my journey in building Eventbrite and what I've learned along the way as a working… — Julia Hartz Copy Share Image
“Indeed, "brute force" solutions are often characteristic of advanced cultures, not primitive ones. The Romans and their predecessors spent a long time… — Henry Spencer Copy Share Image
Can one think that because we are engineers, beauty does not preoccupy us or that we do not try to build beautiful,… — Gustave Eiffel Copy Share Image
“Make a sketch, construct a model, or assemble a prototype. Then another. And another. With each attempt, you’ll reveal new possibilities for… — Marty Neumeier Copy Share Image
“The built environment is shaped not only by private sector development pratices, but also by the honored and fascinating field of planning.… — Melissa Everett Copy Share Image
The underlying strategy of the Fed is to tell people, "Do you want your money to lose value in the bank, or… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
What is commonly overlooked in using the computer is the fact that the central goal of design is still to obviate failure,… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
“An equally unusual thing happened in 1953 when the McDonalds were designing their “golden arches” building. They wanted to lay it out… — Ray Kroc Copy Share Image
Some survived due to advancements in engineering. Personally I'd take a vaccine over living in an iron lung. http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/01/what-america-looked-like-polio-children-paralyzed-in-iron-lungs/251098/ — Howard Tayler Copy Share Image
Classical design is a mirror of the human mind. It's how we see the world. — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
Every man is the architect of his own fortunes, but the neighbors superintend the construction. — George Ade Copy Share Image
“These are all combinations of ancient design wisdom and the latest technology.” — Nick Rosen Copy Share Image
In general, it's best if you're building something that you yourself need. — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
If you don't build your own dreams, someone will hire you to help build theirs. — James Copy Share Image
“Maybe his big build isn't a linebacker's after all; maybe it's a librarian's.” — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
What I love about design is the artistic and scientific complexity that also becomes useful... — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
You are a manipulator. I like to think of myself more as an outcome engineer. — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
Design and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost. — Bjarne Stroustrup Copy Share Image
I would think twice about designing stuff for which there was no need and which didn't endure. — Robin Day Copy Share Image
