Building Quote by Cornelia Parker

I'm inspired by many things, from landscapes to textiles. Art and architecture always influence my design process.

— Francisco Costa

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…

— Dan Kiley

What I love about design is the artistic and scientific complexity that also becomes useful...

— Michelle Obama

Everything we do is designed, whether we're producing a magazine, a website, or a bridge. Design is really the creative invention that designs everything.

— Henry Petroski

I don’t think that anyone has really told (people) what design is. It doesn’t occur to most people that everything is designed--that every building…

— Bill Moggridge

Design is a very personal thing. It's like art. Your personal choice plays a big role.

— Gauri Khan

Design has always been a driving force in my life: it's the lens through which I experience the world.

— Joe Gebbia

Design is the fundamental creative activity with which we direct our lives, and collectively, the earth's transformation from its original, natural state into our…

— Michael Shannon

When you sit down to design something, it can be anything, a car, a toaster, a house, a tall building or a shoe, what…

— Tinker Hatfield

You do design because you feel it inside; you have a moral issue to spread quality in our environment.

— Massimo Vignelli

Design... is the integration of technological, social, and economical requirements, biological necessities, and the psychological effects of materials, shape, color, volume and space.

— Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

Everything I do is a matter of heart, body and soul. For me, designing is an expression of who I am as a woman,…

— Donna Karan