"Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose."

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"When I design buildings, I think of the overall composition, much as the parts of a body would fit together. On top of that, I think about how people will approach the building and experience that space."

Tadao Ando, Japanese Architect

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"I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May '43. At this time, the aircraft was completely secret. I first knew of the existence of this aircraft only early in '42 - even in my position. This aircraft didn't have any priority in design or production."

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"The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference."

Richard Dawkins, English Scientist

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"When you design it, think how you would feel if you had to fly it! Safety first!"

Donald Wills Douglas, American Aviator

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"The design of those commissioners, frigates and warlike force is directed rather against Long Island and these your Honors' possessions, than to the imagined reform of New England."

Peter Stuyvesant, Dutch Public Servant

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"I have a secret thought from some things I have observed, that God may perhaps design you for some singular service in the world."

David Brainerd, American Clergyman

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"When nearly a third of our high school students do not graduate on time with their peers, we have work to do. We must design our middle and high schools so that no student gets lost in the crowd and disconnected from his or her own potential."

Christine Gregoire, American Politician

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"Unfortunately, the client that exists today is still pretty much the prototype design."

Shawn Fanning, American Businessman

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"Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one."

Carlos Ghosn, Brazilian Businessman

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"Design can have such a positive impact on the way people live and on their relationships and moods."

Genevieve Gorder, American Designer

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"Choose your corner, pick away at it carefully, intensely and to the best of your ability and that way you might change the world."

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"Who ever said that pleasure wasn't functional?"

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"The real questions are: Does it solve a problem? Is it serviceable? How is it going to look in ten years?"

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"To whom does design address itself: to the greatest number, to the specialist of an enlightened matter, to a privileged social class? Design addresses itself to the need."

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"Recognizing the need is the primary condition for design."

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