And last of all we have the secondary forms of crystals bursting in upon us, and sparkling in the rigidity of mathematical… — James Clerk Maxwell Copy Share Image
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The modern scene in decoration is not a unified or controlled one. The unified control of the arts during the reign of… — Van Day Truex Copy Share Image
Events unfold so unpredictably, so unfairly, human happiness does not seem to be included in the design of creation. It is only… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I have been constantly working on the interiors of my homes in Delhi, Goa, Dubai, Mumbai, and the Red Chillies Building. I… — Gauri Khan Copy Share Image
The design of a book is the pattern of a reality controlled and shaped by the mind of the writer. This is… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Consequently, citizen legislators, rotating back to their communities after a short period of public service—considered an indispensable and routine characteristic and design… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Design can never be an ultimate explanation for anything. It can only be a proximate explanation. A plane or a car is… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I am confident that we can do better than GUIs because the basic problem with them (and with the Linux and Unix… — Jef Raskin Copy Share Image
Our crisis is a birth. We are one living system and we have come to the limit of one phase of natural… — Barbara Marx Hubbard Copy Share Image
...When someone asks me to help create a room my first reaction, if I do not already know the person, is to… — Sister Parish Copy Share Image
Overemphasis of efficiency leads to an unfortunate circularity in design: for reasons of efficiency early programming languages reflected the characteristics of the… — Kenneth E. Iverson Copy Share Image
The issue is not whether there are horrible cases where the penalty seems "right". The real question is whether we will ever… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
I have to say the thing that I want to do so badly is design a line. I still don't know exactly… — Crystal Renn Copy Share Image
The steamship whose machinery is broken may be brought into port and made fast to the dock. She is safe, but not… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
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Sir Richard sighed. "Rid yourself of the notion that I cherish any villainous designs upon your person," he said. "I imagine I… — Georgette Heyer Copy Share Image
I consider lace to be one of the prettiest imitations ever made of the fantasy of nature; lace always evokes for me… — Coco Chanel Copy Share Image
Flying through a hurricane is the most fearsome shaking you will ever get. Everything has to be tied down in the airplane.… — Greg MacGillivray Copy Share Image
He had a sense of his dignity, which was of the most exquisite nature. He could detect a design upon it when… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
All my plans in private life; all my pursuits; all my designs, wishes, and thoughts, have this one great object in view:… — William Cobbett Copy Share Image
People say I am the king of painful shoes. I don't want to create painful shoes, but it is not my job… — Christian Louboutin Copy Share Image
I think my style revolves around the philosophy that less is more, that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. That goes for my… — G-Eazy Copy Share Image
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When I first prepared this particular talk... I realized that my usual approach is usually critical. That is, a lot of the… — Alan Kay Copy Share Image
“In School of One, students have daily "playlists" of their learning tasks that are attuned to each student's learning needs, based on… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
The stories circulating that Kanye West's laptop has been stolen are completely false. His laptop has never been out of his possession.… — Malik Yusef Copy Share Image
We [MIT Smart Cities research group] try to identify the fundamental underlying design assumptions that everybody takes as a sort of given… — William J. Mitchell Copy Share Image
I may say that here, as in most cases where the operations of nature interfere with the designs of man, it is… — Louis Agassiz Copy Share Image
Certainly it was no design of the atoms to place themselves in a particular order, nor did they decide what motions each… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
I venture on assuring you that I regard the design formed by you and your friends with sincere interest, and in particular… — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
My job at the end of the day is to design timeless, desirable, beautiful products. It's not about just designing a bunch… — Stella McCartney Copy Share Image
Sometimes clients have a sophisticated view of their design problem, sometimes they do not. I often spend time with the client redefining… — Saul Bass Copy Share Image
Everybody's going to do the 3D slightly differently the same way that people are going to deal with color differently. Some movies… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
Outlier' came together pretty quickly. There's no real telling why that happens, sometimes the thing is just more intricate and takes longer… — Bonobo Copy Share Image
While studying art and design at Central Saint Martins, I went round supermarkets taking photos of shoppers and their baskets: the game… — Rachel Khoo Copy Share Image
I am proud to be part of the Toys for Tots program for a second year. In addition to giving kids the… — Dale Jarrett Copy Share Image
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