Design Quotes · Page 47

Clutter is not a property of information. Clutter is a failure of design.

— Edward Tufte

There are professions more harmful than industrial design but only a few of them

— Victor Papanek

The beauty of New York is unintentional; it arose independent of human design, like a stalagmite cavern.

— Milan Kundera

I can't design anything unless I'm excited by it, meaning I have an urge to wear it.

— Rachel Roy

I’m a bit of a design enthusiast, and like spending time with my girlfriend and mates.

— Nick D'Aloisio

I might want to open a hotel and design all the rooms. Or maybe a museum that lets me curate all the…

— Theophilus London

Fashion is what you're offered four times a year by designers. And style is what you choose.

— Lauren Hutton

I think of a designer as a processor of information — like a scriptwriter or a novelist.

— Freeman Thomas

For me, unemployment and poverty in the Greater Montreal area is not mainly a problem of structure, or design, or statistics. It…

— Kim Campbell

Advocates for a single line of progress encounter their greatest stumbling block when they try to find a smooth link between the…

— Stephen Jay Gould

Time is a brisk wind, for each hour it brings something new... but who can understand and measure its sharp breath, its…

— Paracelsus

There are a lot of designers who think they understand technology and a lot of technology guys who think they understand design.…

— Tony Fadell

As soon as you accept the accidental effects, they are no longer accidents. They are necessity the part of yourself that you…

— Kazuaki Tanahashi

We're all naturally curious when we're eight years old. But as most people get older, they become less and less curious, so…

— Ron Miriello

Safety is not just about trying really hard and being really careful. You have to design technology that makes it possible for…

— Jensen Huang

In design-speak, 'a library' means a room lined with books, floor-to ceiling, but it all depends on the space you have. You…

— Nate Berkus

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

— Glenn McQuaid

Various accounts of Empedocle's death are given in ancient sources. His enemies said that his desire to be thought a god led…

— Empedocles

One of the great things about design is that it's truly international. No one in the design industry would say, "This country…

— Marc Newson

Good design is a matter of discipline. It starts by looking at the problem and collecting all the available information about it.…

— Massimo Vignelli

In architecture it isn't enough to just have the right building that works well. It can also be beautiful. It can also…

— Oscar Niemeyer

I would urge everyone to start looking at the world in a different way. Spend some time looking at everyday objects, at…

— Martin Parr

It's really important for me that we work with the best factories and factories that are really thoughtful in their design and…

— Ben Francis

Welcome to my world! I've been through it all, and I often pinch myself to believe my luck. I design jewlery, create…

— Joan Rivers

Design is more important than technology in most consumer applications.

— Dave McClure

If we had no bias, if we had no preconceptions, what kind of forms could we design?

— Michael Hansmeyer

People say I design architectural icons. If I design a building and it becomes an icon, that's ok.

— Zaha Hadid

Typography at its best is a visual form of language linking timelessness and time.

— Robert Bringhurst

In design man becomes what he is. Animals have language and perception as well, but they do not design.

— Otl Aicher

If your words aren't truthful, the finest optically letter-spaced typography won't help,

— Edward Tufte

It takes five years to design a new car in this country. Heck, we won World War II in four years.

— Ross Perot

Great design... you won't have a business today without great design.

— Angela Ahrendts

I want to write, produce, act, and get into fashion design.

— Tonya Mitchell

Shah Rukh is very talented with design, and he is extremely creative.

— Gauri Khan

I like to paint my own helmets. I design my own suit and boots, I like being unique in that way.

— Lando Norris

It is new design by architects versus world revolution by political leadership.

— Anonymous

In a way, my design works as much because the belt is comfortable for the user as it does because it is…

— Nils Bohlin

I didn't think that personal style had much value in graphic design.

— Stefan Sagmeister

You cannot defend your design without knowing what you're designing for.

— I. M. Pei

In architecture the idea degenerated. Design allows a more direct and pleasurable route.

— Charles Eames