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Engineering is achieving function while avoiding failure.

— Henry Petroski

The engineer, and more generally the designer, is concerned with how things ought to be - how they ought to be in order to…

— Herbert Simon

“When an engineer wants to do something, he will do it”

— Sherif Saad Mosa alAnsari

“As in real life, complex engineering designs demand a pragmatic approach.”

— Haresh Sippy

... engineering is a basic instinct in man, the expression of which is existentially fulfilling.

— Samuel Florman

Design is the application of intent - the opposite of happenstance, and an antidote to accident.

— Robert L. Peters

Successful engineering is all about understanding how things break or fail.

— Henry Petroski

This is one of my favorites. People think of creativity as this sort of unbridled thing, but engineers thrive on constraints. They love to…

— Marissa Mayer

Engineering is the application of scientific principles toward practical ends. If the engineering isn't practical, it's bad engineering.

— Steve McConnell

Engineering problems are under-defined, there are many solutions, good, bad and indifferent. The art is to arrive at a good solution. This is a…

— Ove Arup

Engineering is the art or science of making practical.

— Samuel Florman

Engineering is a creative practice.

— Cory Arcangel