Design Quotes

3017 Design quotes by 1636 unique authors

Very often design is the most immediate way of defining what products become in people's minds. — Jonathan Ive
Apple's Jony Ive describes his "fanatical" approach to design in new interview — Jonathan Ive
We don't do focus groups - that is the job of the designer. It's unfair to ask people who don't have a sense of the… — Jonathan Ive
Come, don't be in a fright, but put on your clothes, and I'll let you into a secret. You must know that I am Captain… — Unknown Author
Most people have been brainwashed into believing that their job is to copyedit the world, not to design it. — Seth Godin
Two persons who have chosen each other out of all the species with a design to be each other's mutual comfort and entertainment have, in… — Joseph Addison
Faith gives the assurance that our lives and our history have a moral design. — George W. Bush
There are many possible approaches to Australian garden design, and they all reflect the designer's individual response to gardens. For my part, I love all… — Edna Walling
I used to suppose that certain evils could never befall a being in possession of a sound mind; that true virtue supplies us with energy… — Charles Brockden Brown
Terrorism is not a limited threat, it is a world wide operation. Today, many countries in the east, and in the west, in the north,… — Pratibha Patil
A single word often betrays a great design. — Jean Racine
Each person designs his own life, freedom gives him the power to carry out his own designs, and power gives the freedom to interfere with… — Eric Berne
Interior design is a travesty of the architectural process and a frightening condemnation of the credulity, helplessness and gullibility of the most formidable consumers -… — Stephen Bayley
Perhaps believing in good design is like believing in God, it makes you an optimist. — Terence Conran
Tragedy is an imitation not only of a complete action, but of events inspiring fear and pity. Such an effect is best produced when the… — Aristotle
See first that the design is wise and just: that ascertained, pursue it resolutely; do not for one repulse forego the purpose that you resolved… — William Shakespeare
It's when we're given choice that we sit with the gods and design ourselves. — Dorothy Gilman
There is a lot of interest in the arts, music, theatre, filmmaking, engineering, architecture and software design. I think we have now transitioned the modern-day… — John Baldacci
The Chess pieces are the block alphabet which shapes thoughts; and these thoughts, although making a visual design on the chessboard, express their beauty abstractly,… — Marcel Duchamp
Designs of purely arbitrary nature cannot be expected to last long. — Kenzo Tange
Just remember: you're not a 'dummy,' no matter what those computer books claim. The real dummies are the people who-though technically expert-couldn't design hardware and… — Walt Mossberg
Darwin's greatest achievement was to show that the appearance of purpose, planning, teleology (design), and intentionality in the origin and development of human and animal… — John Searle
It's cool to be a nerd. There's a general understanding that smartphones didn't come from jocks. The digital age was foreseen by a group of… — J. J. Abrams
Yet is it possible in terms of the motion of atoms to explain how men can invent an electric motor, or design and build a… — Arthur Compton
I will build a car for the great multitude. It will be large enough for the family, but small enough for the individual to run… — Henry Ford

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