“Better to put things at the worst at first," replied the engineer, "and reserve the best for a surprise.” — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
Really great design is hard. Good is the enemy of great. Competent design is not too much of a stretch. But if… — Jonathan Ive Copy Share Image
I just want to build the best buildings. It's not about me, it's about the buildings, creating a space where society can… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
There can be little question that the tall building presents one of the most difficult challenges to the architect. — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
[An engineer's] invention causes things to come into existence from ideas, makes world conform to thought; whereas science, by deriving ideas from… — Carl Mitcham Copy Share Image
Engineering is not only study of 45 subjects but it is moral studies of intellectual life. Make things as simple as possible..but… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Walking the streets of Porto and speaking with the top engineers at Veniam, I am struck by the passion that they bring… — Grant Imahara Copy Share Image
All attempts at artificial aviation are not only dangerous to human life, but foredoomed to failure from the engineering standpoint. — Simon Newcomb Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Engineering training deals with the exact sciences. That sort of exactness makes for truth and conscience. It might be good for the… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
Advertising isn't just the disruption of aesthetics, the insults to your intelligence and the interruption of your train of thought. At every… — Jan Koum Copy Share Image
Science is dangerous. There is no question but that poison gas, genetic engineering, and nuclear weapons and power stations are terrifying. It… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“An organization that commits itself to the human-centered tenets of design thinking is practicing enlightened self-interest. If it does a better job… — Tim Brown Copy Share Image
A common misconception about how things such as space shuttles come to be is that engineers simply apply the theories and equations… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
“Build your organization from the top down. An organization is the opposite of a building: Its foundation is at the top, so… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
The aim of human rights, if I may borrow a term from engineering, is to move beyond the design and drawing-board phase,… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
I think Pixar's done an amazing job integrating art and science. They really get this idea that art and engineering work side… — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
“Any organization that designs a system (defined broadly) will produce a design whose structure is a copy of the organization's communication structure.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I work in a giant building: forty floors and forty cubicles per wing, four wings per floor, one person and one personal… — John Engman Copy Share Image
However, the occasional visit of success provides just the excitement an engineer needs to face work the following day. — Koichi Tanaka Copy Share Image
Being in the studio for the first time was a daunting process. I didn't know what the engineers did. A mix? What's… — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
Audiophiles don't use their equipment to listen to your music. Audiophiles use your music to listen to their equipment. — Alan Parsons Copy Share Image
Does anyone recall hippies designing things for Generation X? Does anyone recall the elegance of that? How design was about making things… — Timothy Morton Copy Share Image
We create our buildings and then they create us. Likewise, we construct our circle of friends and our communities and then they… — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
When I was in Chicago, I was working as a carpenter while I was doing plays. I thought it'd be a fun… — Timothy Simons Copy Share Image
I like building houses, working as a carpenter, painting. You work with your hands to the best of your ability, and at… — Brian Fallon Copy Share Image
All the food we eat, whether Brussels sprouts or pork bellies, has been modified by mankind. Genetic engineering is only one particularly… — Michael Specter Copy Share Image
An osteopath is only a human engineer, who should understand all the laws governing his engine and thereby master disease. — Andrew Taylor Still Copy Share Image
Design, vitalized and simplified, will make the comforts of civilized life available to an ever-increasing number of Americans. — Raymond Loewy Copy Share Image
It's all very brilliant to build bridges and buildings, but long after we're gone, it will be the natural things in this… — Rupert Friend Copy Share Image
Social engineering has become about 75% of an average hacker's toolkit, and for the most successful hackers, it reaches 90% or more. — John McAfee Copy Share Image
I don't spend my time pontificating about high-concept things; I spend my time solving engineering and manufacturing problems. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I studied audio engineering at university. The background I am from, music was never seen as a viable career; it was always… — Chet Faker Copy Share Image
The Alessi relationship and the Target one has broadened the role of architects in society and broadened the concept that design belongs… — Michael Graves Copy Share Image
Architecture is restricted to such a limited vocabulary. A building is either a high-rise or a perimeter block or a town house. — Bjarke Ingels Copy Share Image
Urban design is where the number are and easy size of installation plus the fast lessons to extend out to larger design… — Geoff Lawton Copy Share Image
I am not a politician. I am an engineer who has spent most of his career working in factories that manufacture the… — Brian Krzanich Copy Share Image
Design is a tool that allows us to reach out and inspire, to touch others and help make lives magic and wonderful — Marcel Wanders Copy Share Image
“It is a building designed by committee: all they have been able to agree on is that it should be rectangular, have… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
The path to the CEO's office should not be through the CFO's office, and it should not be through the marketing department.… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
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