Design Quotes

3017 Design quotes by 1636 unique authors

Once you understand this way, you will be able to make your room alive; you will be able to design a house together with your… — Christopher Alexander
...Dealing with these sexual disorders, you ask 'what is it supposed to look like?' 'what's the norm?' The norm is the heterosexual design of the… — Scott Lively
To err is human, but to really screw things up requires a design committee of bureaucrats. — Henry Spencer
We are reviewing our experience to enable us to respond to the cultural challenge: to help countries, communities and individuals interpret universal principles, translate them… — Thoraya Obaid
Math is easy; design is hard. — Jeffrey Veen
Design is in everything we make, but it's also between those things. It's a mix of craft, science, storytelling, propaganda, and philosophy. — Erik Adigard
Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last… — Herodotus
A design isn't finished until someone is using it. — Brenda Laurel
People think that design is styling. Design is not style. It's not about giving shape to the shell and not giving a damn about the… — Paola Antonelli
The best designs of all are organic, evolving from the subtleties of the ground they inhabit. — Unknown Author
In a democracy only will the freeman of nature design to dwell. — Plato
The best programmers are not marginally better than merely good ones. They are an order-of-magnitude better, measured by whatever standard: conceptual creativity, speed, ingenuity of… — Unknown Author
Engineers use knowledge primarily to design, produce, and operate artifacts. ... Scientists, by contrast, use knowledge primarily to generate more knowledge. — Unknown Author
Because I am untrained I approach my designs in an unconstrained way and I feel a freedom in this. It is unconventional but it means… — Unknown Author
Designers can create normalcy out of chaos; they can clearly communicate ideas through the organising and manipulating of words and pictures. — Jeffrey Veen
Contentment: The smother of invention. — Ethel Mumford
[The] dynamics of computational artifacts extend beyond the interface narrowly defined, to relations of people with each other and to the place of computing in… — Unknown Author
This project is so important because it's going to create an environment to inspire people. The RIBA believes that here in the UK we can… — Unknown Author
I've been amazed at how often those outside the discipline of design assume that what designers do is decoration. Good design is problem solving. — Jeffrey Veen
Only in black and white can I see the design and textures. I don't consider color photography art. Black and white is an interpretation. Color… — Clyde Butcher
The Church's basic moral principle regarding reproductive technologies is this: if a given technology assists the marital embrace in achieving its natural end, it can… — Christopher West
When authoritative reports of radical-design craft having spectacular performance are viewed in the light of a stream of astrobiological discoveries, the possibility that some UFOs… — Don Berliner
I wonder what my father saw in his most secret sight of the right life. It's my guess he wanted to live out his life… — William Kittredge
Good design encourages a viewer to want to learn more. — Alexander Isley
If I wasn't acting, I think I would like to do interior design. Yeah, because you know, with the Balinese background, and being there and… — Melissa George

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