"Design works if it's authentic, inspired, and has a clear point of view. It can't be a collection of input."

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"Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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Paul Rand, American Designer

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"We must carefully consider card security solutions, such as adding photographs or machine-readable electronic strips, so to prevent further breaches of individual privacy that could result from changes to the design of Social Security Cards."

Ron Lewis, American Politician

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"Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought - asleep. When we are weary of the living, we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation."

William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet

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"The Court is most vulnerable and comes nearest to illegitimacy when it deals with judge-made constitutional law having little or no cognizable roots in the language or design of the Constitution."

Byron White, American Judge

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"All those years of skating and dancing have carried over. I can't design anything without thinking of how a woman's body will look and move when she's wearing it."

Vera Wang, American Designer

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"Once the product's task is known, design the interface first; then implement to the interface design."

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"Biological engineering is not necessarily understanding systems but rather, I want to be able to design and build biological systems to perform particular applications."

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"Apple has great marketing, among the best PR and marketing in the world."

Marketing

"You need a very, exceptionally clear vision. And to me, a vision is something that you can say in one sentence. The fewer the words the better."

Vision

"Innovation is this amazing intersection between someone's imagination and the reality in which they live. The problem is, many companies don't have great imagination, but their view of reality tells them that it's impossible to do what they imagine."

Imagination

"The reason Apple is really good, I think, and the reason their stores succeeded, is not just 'cause we know the big idea, but we have a real passion for the littlest detail. It's legendary in our products."

Creativity

"The core value that differentiates Apple is our ability to innovate."

Ability

"Design works if it's authentic, inspired, and has a clear point of view. It can't be a collection of input."

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