Design Quotes

3017 Design quotes by 1636 unique authors

Design acknowledges change. Its meaning encompasses change in our times. To design is to 'create order and to function according to a plan.' The notion… — Unknown Author
Design can be both a manifestation of a company's design ethic and an outward communication of a company's design ethic and drive for excellence. — Bob Lutz
The most common misperception is the word 'design'. People think of primarily pretty pictures or forms. They don't understand the depth to which design goes-not… — Unknown Author
Design has allowed us to stand out; to look different and show that difference boldy. — Unknown Author
Designer's derive their rewards from 'inner standards of excellence, from the intrinsic satisfaction of their tasks. They are committed to the task, not the job.… — Alvin Toffler
It is not enough to have a talented designer; the management must be inspired too. The creative process is very disorganised; the production process has… — Bernard Arnault
I wouldn't call it a retail store. It's a place where culture and commerce intersect. It's more like the Silk Road-a sense of exploration mixed… — Unknown Author
Teachers of design should help a student to find their own voice. In other words, not be a templated version of the teacher, but rather… — April Greiman
You explore concepts and things that interest you, but you are also exploring inside of yourself. — Ed Paschke
The task of the architectural project is to reveal, through the transformation of form, the essence of the surrounding context. — Unknown Author
The idea that you make an experience that requires a conversation in a public place is training for the fact that culture is collective. — Edwin Schlossberg
Architecture is not created by individuals. The genius sketch ... is a myth. Architecture is made by a team of committed people who work together,… — Joshua Prince-Ramus
As we move into the 21st century, it becomes ever clearer that the ultimate, most intimate territory for design is not electronics, or interiors, or… — Rick Poynor
Architecture is an imposed art in some ways, imposed upon the public, so people must be sure about what you're doing. You have to be… — Renzo Piano
There's no reason for unhappiness if you're living with nice design. — Isaac Mizrahi
There is so much blandness and grayness out there, people want to be able to say "it's mine." They want to customize their cars like… — Neil Gershenfeld
Computers are stupid. — Pablo Picasso
The good designer aims at a perfect fusion of the various considerations which enter into his design. He aims at an untortured unity-a direct whole.… — Leo Lionni
Good design today requires more vision (a larger point of view versus the single brilliant idea), more consistency (a deeper underlying structure of language and… — Unknown Author
Good design is a visual statement that maximizes the life goals of the people in a given culture (or, more realistically, the goals of a… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
When you feel the architecture just click, as though it couldn't have been anything else, it's due to a true understanding of the site and… — Unknown Author
Good design doesn't cost, but it pays. — Richard Driehaus
Good design is innovative Gives a product utility Is aesthetic Makes a product easy to understand Is unobtrusive Is honest Is long-lived Is consistent down… — Dieter Rams
The urge for good design is the same as the urge to go on living. — Unknown Author
Good design is serious business. — Alan G. Lafley

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