Functional Quotes

177 quotes by 168 authors

Although a biologist, I must confess I do not understand how life came about...Â I consider that life only starts at the level of a… — Werner Arber
There are three different kinds of scripting: functional, informational and emotional. — Jay Sankey
Poverty is mean and degrading to the human spirit, whereas a life of conscious simplicity can have both a beauty and a functional integrity that… — Duane Elgin
Asymmetry is the rhythmic expression of functional design. — Jan Tschichold
Food should be fun, but it should also be functional. — Robert Irvine
Schools train people to be ignorant, with style. They give you the equipment that you need to be a functional ignoramus. American schools* do not… — Frank Zappa
The defining qualities are about use: ease and simplicity. Caring beyond the functional imperative, we also acknowledge that products have a significance way beyond traditional… — Jonathan Ive
The major accomplishment of analyzing illiteracy so far has been the listing of symptoms: the decrease in functional literacy; a general degradation of writing skills… — Mihai Nadin
Love as a concrete foundation for an authentically functional civilization requires the around-the-clock labors of forgiveness. Without it, Love fails, Friendship fails, Intelligence fails, Humanity:… — Aberjhani
If a chair or a building is not functional â€¦ it is ridiculous. — Donald Judd
I canâ€™t worry too much about the everyday things. Otherwise Iâ€™d lose touch with my own world, that helps me as an artist, but itâ€™s… — Florence Welch
I definitely have managed to overcome dyslexia now to become a fully functional human being but things were a lot more difficult when I was… — Ahmet Zappa
Make no mistake about it, you are dumb. You're a group of incredibly, well-educated dumb people. I was there. We all were there. You're barely… — Aaron Sorkin
Design is not about decorating functional forms - it is about creating forms that accord with the character of the object and that show new… — Peter Behrens
Thus the evidence given by those five new thigh bones of the morphological and functional distinctness of Pithecanthropus erectus furnishes proof, at the same time,… — Eugene Dubois
In engineering, as in other creative arts, we must learn to do analysis to support our efforts in synthesis. One cannot build a beautiful and… — Gerald Jay Sussman
As Hubert Benoit said, it is not the identification with the ego that is the problem, but the exclusive nature of the identification. When our… — Ken Wilber
To the designer, great design is beautiful design. A significant amount of effort must be placed into making the product attractive. To the client, great… — Joshua Johnson
Our families and our homes are the center of American life, Everything we do is to make those homes-and the lives in them-more beautiful, more… — Martha Stewart
The most important consideration I have is I want my legislative shop to have a functional office suite that is conducive to getting their work… — Steve Womack

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