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As a designer, I'm supposed to be provoking people's reactions, and getting people to see things differently. I think more of us should be doing… — Thom Browne
I think it is really important to have a sense of business. As a designer you can get so wrapped up in the design and… — Tommy Hilfiger
I think as designers we realize design is a signal of intention, but it also has to occur within a world and we have to… — William McDonough
For me I'm a luxury brand trying to prove to people and the industry that it's not about being a TV celebrity in any which… — Christian Siriano
I knew the Apple II was great when I bought it, but as I dug into the details it just completely blew me away the… — Andy Hertzfeld
People hide behind the word aesthetic. They say, ‘Well, it’s just that designer’s aesthetic.’ But when you see 18 seasons in a row and not… — Joan Smalls
As designers we have a great responsibility. I believe designers should eliminate the unnecessary. That means eliminating everything that is modish because this kind of… — Dieter Rams
Good designers must always be avant-gardists, always one step ahead of the times. They should – and must – question everything generally thought to be… — Dieter Rams
I am troubled by the devaluing of the word 'design’. I find myself now being somewhat embarrassed to be called a designer. In fact I… — Dieter Rams
We designers, we don't work in a vacuum. We need business people. We are not the fine artists we are often confused with. — Dieter Rams
There's no set designer like your own self; you furnish the mise-en-scène, the wardrobe, the physical proportions of the actor, and the setting. Then radio… — Norman Corwin
I'm an artist, a designer, a craftsman, interior designer, half-architect. There's no one name that fits me very well. — Dale Chihuly
Every time you make the user make a decision they don’t care about, you have failed as a designer. — Aza Raskin
You come up with a story line, you hire the writer, the director, the stars, the set designer. — Andre Balazs
People are only concerned about the next party, meeting up for casual sex, finding a job as a Web page designer, or getting a new… — John C. Dvorak
To make sense of this view (design as opposed to accident), one must accept the idea of transcendence: that the Designer exists in a totally… — George F. R. Ellis
When we did 'Dynasty', it was the clothes. I think the clothes affected every woman around the world. I got so many letters, I think… — Aaron Spelling
The designer of today re-establishes the long-lost contact between art and the public, between living people and art as a living thing. — Bruno Munari
The designer's job is to imagine the world not how it is, but how it should be. — Terence Conran
As a designer, you have to solve a lot of problems. Even though people are wearing clothes that are supposed to look beautiful, they'll have… — Colleen Atwood
I think of a designer as a processor of information — like a scriptwriter or a novelist. — Freeman Thomas
If the designers of X Windows built cars, there would be no fewer than five steering wheels hidden about the cockpit, none of which followed… — Marcus J. Ranum
Many young web designers view their craft the way I used to view pop culture. It's cool or it's crap. They mistake Style for Design,… — Jeffrey Zeldman
Systematically identity top designers as early as possible. The best are often not the most experienced. — Fred Brooks
I am happy that thousands of students, young designers and fashion people will be able to see and study my work in every aspect of… — Valentino Garavani

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