Design Quotes · Page 51

Fiat has a lot going for it in terms of design, technology and efficiency.

— Peter Schmidt

A simple [writing] style is the result of very hard work.

— William Zinsser

Britain's great strength is its innovative, design and engineering natural ability and we're not using it.

— James Dyson

Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity.

— Karl Lagerfeld

I'm a total control freak and love to participate in the design of every single aspect of life.

— Drew Barrymore

I don't care what word you use: my job is to design clothing that is not out there for us.

— Ashley Nell Tipton

I don't design houses with the nuclear family idea because I don't believe in it as a concept.

— Peter Eisenman

Obamacare's design flaws were not the fault of the American people.

— Kevin Brady

Like delicate lace, So the threads intertwine, Oh, gossamer web Of wond'rous design! Such beauty and grace Wild nature produces... Ughh, look…

— Bill Watterson

Once you think you have the formula for good design, you’re dead. You cease to be a good designer at that point.

— Michael Vanderbyl

Designers can create normalcy out of chaos; they can clearly communicate ideas through the organising and manipulating of words and pictures.

— Jeffrey Veen

I say homes are for families, and you have to make sure you design for the family, not just one person: kids,…

— Tony Fadell

I often read nonfiction with a pencil in hand. I love the feel, the smell, the design, the weight of a book,…

— Drew Gilpin Faust

The Final Jeopardy! questions seem to be, by design, things you can't know. And so it's not about who knows them, but…

— Ken Jennings

To me, the building [of Museum of Arts and Design]now looks like a lovely jewel box, and the tiled façade reminds me…

— Jerry Saltz

Australia has always put out some good design, particularly environmental graphics. I associate that with Australia, more so that a lot of…

— Michael Bierut

My chops have always been sort of weak, because the right side of my body was paralyzed a little bit. It was…

— Leon Russell

Consumers have zero time for products that are not simple, intuitive, and attractive to use. This is especially true with Internet products,…

— David Cohen

Dawkins asserts that final causes and design don't really exist. Unguided evolution explains it all. Francis Crick thought the same thing but…

— Frank Turek

I love sharing my world, and I love showing the creative process, whether we're in the middle of a design meetings for…

— Kim Kardashian

We think the Mac will sell zillions, but we didn't build the Mac for anybody else. We built it for ourselves. We…

— Steve Jobs

Cartooning is completely different from other media: it is closely related to film and prose, other narrative forms, but the skills needed…

— Jessica Abel

“Our critics make us strong! Our fears make us bold! Our haters make us wise! Our foes make us active! Our obstacles…

— Israelmore Ayivor

If God is omnipotent and omniscient, why didn't he start the universe out in the first place so it would come out…

— Carl Sagan

A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere the careless, the most stupid thinker

— David Hume

“Designing posters, for me, is not only a commercial pursuit but also a philosophical endeavor.”

— Fang Chen

When it gets difficult is often right before you succeed.

— Jeffrey Walker

There either is a god or there is not; there is a 'design' or not.

— Christopher Hitchens

When a designer creates, he looks at the world around him.

— Carine Roitfeld

I never see one woman when I design, it's always a universe of women

— Donna Karan

I find that when I write, I need things to be quiet, but when I design, I can't bear it if it's…

— Jonathan Ive

It took me a few seconds to draw it, but it took me 34 years to learn how to draw it in…

— Paula Scher

I had a faux-hawk for a while and I used to buzz the sides and design it. It was really bad.

— Joe Jonas

What we make testifies who we are. People can sense care and can sense carelessness.

— Jonathan Ive

The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy.

— Noam Chomsky

Graphic Design is the communication of information in an appropriate visual manner.

— Massimo Vignelli

I wanted to be a decorator. I wanted to interior design homes and do everything myself.

— Ursula Andress

The design of a dress, furniture, a house, a room, a street and a city are all the same process.

— Gianfranco Ferre

Without design, there may be representation, but there can be no art.

— Kenyon Cox

A challenge to the designers of the world: Make signs unnecessary.

— Donald A. Norman