Design Quote by David Rockwell

Architects create spaces that accommodate human activity.

— Magnus Larsson

The bottom line may be that my inventing buildings is, indeed, a very private kind of activity. But it's done to be shared. It…

— Peter Zumthor

Design is coming to grips with one’s real lifestyle, one’s real place in the world. Rooms should not be put together for show but…

— Albert Hadley

When a building is so complete within itself, I always think, "Why do I even have to go inside it?" I would love to…

— Vito Acconci

My bedroom is my sanctuary. It's like a refuge, and it's where I do a fair amount of designing - at least conceptually, if…

— Vera Wang

If you're a devoted collector of design, you seek out objects you can love to live with but also live in.

— Dasha Zhukova

There are two kinds of designers: ones who are very happy locked in their office surrounded by their coterie. The last thing they need…

— Michael Kors

A building is a very interesting frame. You always get a sort of sample of different people inside a building.

— Hito Steyerl

How do you design it so that people can form a space of their own, and feel quiet and contemplative?

— Michael Arad

Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context - a chair in a room, a room in a house, a…

— Anonymous

A lot of people don't get it, but I design from the inside out so that the finished product looks inevitable somehow. I think…

— Frank Gehry

With my job, I am designing spaces for families on a weekly basis, and that is where I get my creative outlet.

— Joanna Gaines