Design Quotes

3017 Design quotes by 1636 unique authors

There are two ways of constructing a software design; one way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the… — Tony Hoare
#3 pencils and quadrille pads.(when asked what CAD tools he used to design the Cray I supercomputer ) — Seymour Cray
Interesting - I use a Mac to help me design the next Cray.(when he was told that Apple Inc. had recently bought a Cray supercomputer… — Seymour Cray
Prayer is not appointed for the furnishing of God with the knowledge of what we need, but it is designed as a confession to Him… — Arthur W. Pink
Prayer does not mean that I am to bring God down to my thoughts and my purposes, and bend his government according to my foolish,… — Dwight L. Moody
The interesting thing is when we design and architect a server, we don't design it for Windows or Linux, we design it for both. We… — Michael Dell
Clutter and confusion are failures of design, not attributes of information. — Edward Tufte
By suicide I introduce my design in nature, I shall for the first time give things the shape of my will ... now I choose… — Antonin Artaud
We cannot enter into alliance with neighbouring princes until we are acquainted with their designs. We are not fit to lead an army on the… — Sun Tzu
We cannot enter into alliances until we are acquainted with the designs of our neighbors. We are not fit to lead an army on the… — Sun Tzu
Educational exchange can turn nations into people, contributing as no other form of communication can to the humanizing of international relations. Man's capacity for decent… — J. William Fulbright
No matter how much proponents of 'intelligent design' try to clothe their views in the apparel of science, it is what it is: religion. Whose… — Cynthia Tucker
There's more to be learned here [St. Andrews] about course design than anywhere. Collection bunkers, false fronts, bump shots. The fundamentals of design became fundamental… — Jack Nicklaus
An artist paints, dances, draws, writes, designs, or acts at the expanding edge of consciousness. We press into the unknown rather than the known. This… — Julia Cameron
I understand that, today, some developers are asking architects to design eye-catching, iconic buildings. Fortunately, I've not had that kind of client so far. — Unknown Author
I like ruins because what remains is not the total design, but the clarity of thought, the naked structure, the spirit of the thing. — Tadao Ando
A profound design process eventually makes the patron, the architect, and every occasional visitor in the building a slightly better human being. — Juhani Pallasmaa
I'm convinced that without bad design, the world would be a far less stimulating place; we would have nothing to marvel over and nothing to… — Unknown Author
The fundamental failure of most graphic, product, architectural and even urban design is its insistence on serving the God of Looking-Good rather than the God… — Richard Saul Wurman
As an architect you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown. — Norman Foster
We're lonely, but we're afraid of intimacy. And so from social networks to sociable robots, we're designing technologies that will give us the illusion of… — Sherry Turkle
To implement a true urban renaissance, you first need a Grand Design elaborated by strong leadership . — Minoru Mori
Designing a landscape is about connecting the body, soul and mind to the land itself. — Unknown Author
The thing that's important is not something called design; it's how you live, its life itself. Design really comes from that. You cannot separate what… — Dan Kiley
When I am designing, my aim is to create tension and then gradually proceed into quiet. — Unknown Author

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