Design Quotes · Page 189

We say no to a lot of things so we can invest an incredible amount of care on what we do.

— Jonathan Ive

I never like to think that I design for a particular person. I design for the woman I wanted to be, the…

— Diane von Furstenberg

Fate always wins, for our own heart within us Imperiously furthers its designs.

— Friedrich Schiller

When I direct I try to keep it a unique design of my own. Naturally you're influenced.

— Anthony Hopkins

Creativity is in everyone; it just manifests itself differently with each person. My CPA, for example, is one of the most creative…

— Ron Miriello

So I went for engineering, specifically product design, which I enjoyed.

— Debi Thomas

Decorators should always remember that letting a client see too many beautiful things is a pitfall.

— Albert Hadley

Time, designing slowly, swiftly; Time, destroying slowly, swiftly; Time holding, possessing the earth in its tender indifference.

— Martha Ostenso

My job is to make desirable, luxurious, beautiful clothing and accessories women want to buy. My first decision is always based on,…

— Stella McCartney

Innovators have to be open. They have to be able to imagine things that others cannot and be willing to challenge their…

— Malcolm Gladwell

There's simply no better company out there doing mobile travel apps with the same level of design sensibility and utility as Mobiata.

— Dara Khosrowshahi

Building places that are worth living in and worth caring about require a certain attention to detail, and of a particular kind…

— James Howard Kunstler

Good design is clear thinking made visible, bad design is stupidity made visible

— Edward Tufte

With the Larry Bertlemann portrait, I started with a photograph that I could use for it. I built the drawing's identity to…

— John Van Hamersveld

And, of course, I'm constantly energized by designing courses around the world.

— Jack Nicklaus

In the visual arts, for example, the semiological approach to graphics provides a rigorous analysis of the visual means used by the…

— Jacques Bertin

But Philip was impatient with himself; he called to mind his idea of the pattern of life: the unhappiness he had suffered…

— W. Somerset Maugham

Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity.

— Karl Lagerfeld

Before you begin designing or buying anything, you need to get real and ask yourself: What do you really want to use…

— Nate Berkus

Intelligent design itself does not have any content.

— George Gilder

Thinking about design is hard, but not thinking about it can be disastrous.

— Ralph Caplan

When entertaining, it's great to wow your guests with an outstanding recipe, but it's also very important to design a menu that's…

— Debi Mazar

Your neighbors will be envious of your 3D printer - and if they're not, just print new neighbors. Design them so they'll…

— W. Bruce Cameron

There's no learning without trying lots of ideas and failing lots of times.

— Jonathan Ive

This [the intelligent design movement] isn't really, and never has been, a debate about science, it's about religion and philosophy.

— Phillip E. Johnson