Design Quotes · Page 123

Deep down, creationists realize they will never win factual arguments with science. This is why they have construed their own science-like universe,…

— Frans de Waal

Everything - design and technology and materials - has changed since the World Trade Center was built. A lot of it has…

— Frank Gehry

Art is an idea that has found its perfect visual expression. And design is the vehicle by which this expression is made…

— Paul Rand

I personally cannot discern a shred of evidence for ‘[intelligent] design.’ If 97% of all creatures have gone extinct, some plan isn't…

— Irven DeVore

What is especially striking and remarkable is that in fundamental physics, a beautiful or elegant theory is more likely to be right…

— Murray Gell-Mann

Design has become a universal medium for expressing ideas, raising fundamental questions, and addressing social challenges.

— Jens Martin Skibsted

I often say that 'Design Matters' began in February 2005 with an idea and a telephone line.

— Debbie Millman

I have always accepted and respected all other schools of architecture, from the chill and elemental structures of Mies van der Rohe…

— Oscar Niemeyer

Working in fashion and design was a childhood dream of mine.

— Kendra Scott

So much of it is the design of the shot or the motion of the character; it's the work you do so…

— Dennis Muren

The relationship with actor and director is probably closer to theater, in that, when we record the dialogue, there is very little…

— Glenn McQuaid

I am always updating and coming up with something fresh, whether it's a colour, a trend, or a design, as my uncle…

— Rey Mysterio

Often I forget that design is really about removing things: optimizing the flow of information, the display, so there are the fewest…

— David Mccandless

Content informs design; design without content is decoration.

— Jeffrey Zeldman

You have to have great design to be competitive in today’s markets.

— John Doerr

When Henry Ford decided to produce his famous V-8 motor, he chose to build an engine with the entire eight cylinders cast…

— Henry Ford

How do you convince somebody to host a stranger for the weekend? That's not a trivial thing. It's not something I think…

— Joe Gebbia

Of the total creative effort represented in a finished work, 75 percent or more of a writer's labor goes into designing the…

— Robert McKee

The road, more than simply a system of regulations and designs, is a place where many millions of us, with only loose…

— Tom Vanderbilt

“In Japan, so many emoticons have been created that it’s reasonable to assume Japanese appreciate their convenience more than anyone else.”

— Morinosuke Kawaguchi

One of the great enemies of design is when systems or objects become more complex than a person - or even a…

— Bran Ferren

If you stand for great service, low prices, superb quality, stylish design and environmental friendliness, you actually stand for nothing.

— Josh Linkner

What's being pushed is to have Darwinism critiqued, to teach there's a controversy. Intelligent design itself does not have any content.

— George Gilder

Let's forget about themes and mood boards. Let's start from a different point of view. You have to leave for two months…

— Christophe Lemaire

The real bug here is that the design of the system even permits this class of bug. It is unconscionable that someone…

— Jamie Zawinski

Punk's influence on music, movies, art, design and fashion is no longer in doubt. It is used as the measurement for what…

— Malcolm Mclaren

Unfortunately, the client that exists today is still pretty much the prototype design.

— Shawn Fanning

Design is a constant challenge to balance comfort with luxe, the practical with the desirable.

— Donna Karan

Design works if it's authentic, inspired, and has a clear point of view. It can't be a collection of input.

— Ron Johnson

I'm totally into architecture for all strata of society. High design should not just be for rich people.

— David Adjaye

Accident is design / And design is accident / In a cloud of unknowing.

— T. S. Eliot

I do feel that the world is entering into a period of the incredible period of reflection and introspection. A lot of…

— Marc Newson

A failed experiment can be more important than a trivial design

— Verner Panton

The reward is that you can actually create a world separate from reality with a story, actors, music, and camera design. When…

— Colleen Atwood

The vast majority of the shuttle program was a success. We learned so much about how a reusable spacecraft interacts with its…

— Eileen Collins

These days, information is a commodity being sold. And designers-including the newly defined subset of information designers and information architects-have a responsible…

— Erik Spiekermann

Much of the early engineering development of digital computers was done in universities. A few years ago, the view was commonly expressed…

— Maurice Wilkes

When we use a language, we should commit ourselves to knowing it, being able to read it, and writing it idiomatically.

— Ron Jeffries

To be married to a wife who can set type is happiness indeed.

— Walter Tracy

“...But I own that I cannot see as plainly as others do, and as I should wish to do, evidence of design…

— Charles Darwin