Engineering Quotes · Page 105

Engineering is a predictive science, not a manipulative art.

— D. Elton Trueblood

I never studied sculpture, engineering or architecture. In fact, after college I applied to seven art schools and was rejected by all…

— Janet Echelman

“Two of the most important characteristics of good design are discoverability and understanding.”

— Donald A. Norman

“Inventions have long-since reached their limit--and I see no hope for further developments." -- Julius Frontinus, world-famous engineer (Rome, 10 AD)”

— Julius Frontinus

The switch from 'steam engines' to 'heat engines' signals the transition from engineering practice to theoretical science.

— Hans Christian von Baeyer

With function, flow, and form as basis, design is evaluated as a process culminating in an entity which intensifies comprehension.

— Ladislav Sutnar

We're always taught that we're building for permanence, but why? I like the idea of a prosthetic architecture! When a section is…

— Elizabeth Diller

My training as an engineer has enabled me to design the stuff, but the reason I do it is not to make…

— Robert Moog

Design is just language and the real issue is what you use that language to do.

— Tibor Kalman

Where can we find greater structural clarity than in the wooden buildings of old? Where else can we find such unity of…

— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry about from Science, along with behaviour control, genetic…

— Lewis Thomas

Design is a career where you learn creative decision making.

— Biz Stone

“Engineering is the art and science of nuts and bolts.”

— Haresh Sippy

By means of tracing-paper I transfer my design to the wood and draw on that.

— John Tenniel

I am equally proud of all of my architectural projects. It's always rewarding to see an ambitious design become reality.

— Zaha Hadid

I often get asked if I think I'm ever going to build something useful, and maybe someday I will.

— Simone Giertz

“shoddy construction. Each of the three wielded”

— Rhett C. Bruno

The exposure I have had to beautiful materials across the world, from Japan to Italy, enables me to pull design ideas together.…

— Colleen Atwood

As an undergrad, I studied engineering physics at the University of Oklahoma, and all my degrees are from engineering departments. My father…

— Paul McEuen

There's more to be learned here [St. Andrews] about course design than anywhere. Collection bunkers, false fronts, bump shots. The fundamentals of…

— Jack Nicklaus

I just like to build things and do things.

— Andrew Mason

Design can change how you look at yourself.

— Ty Pennington

In order to design buildings with a sensuous connection to life, one must think in a way that goes far beyond form…

— Peter Zumthor

I studied mechanical engineering at Princeton and worked on solar energy after graduation.

— Frances Arnold

We have an amazing engineering team in the company pushing the limits of device physics and some great partners in manufacturing.

— Jensen Huang