Design Quotes · Page 196

I don't want something special. I want something beautifully plain.

— Anne Lamott

The cardinal virtue of all beauty is restraint.

— Elsie de Wolfe

I've been fascinated with interior design for as long as I can remember.

— Matthew Williamson

Objects and their manufacture are inseparable, you understand a product if you understand how it's made.

— Jonathan Ive

If you want to think of a company as a system, design the system to benefit all. So how can you raise…

— Doug McMillon

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