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Design Quotes


"Through the harsh design of fate, Florida was dealt the unfortunate circumstances of bearing the brunt of not one but two hurricanes, and it appears more dark clouds are poised to visit the Sunshine State."



"Longhorns are unique - each and every one of them is a different color with a different design."


"It was something I was more interested in myself. When I went to see my sister dance at ballet, I was really into costumes and the arts, and my family was also supportive of whatever me and my sister wanted to do. I would say I pushed myself the most to be into design."


"I actually started as a model builder and quickly progressed into production design, which made sense because I could draw and paint. But I kept watching that guy over there who was moving the actors around and setting up the shots."


"A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker."


"For me, unemployment and poverty in the Greater Montreal area is not mainly a problem of structure, or design, or statistics. It is a profoundly human situation."


"The interesting thing is when we design and architect a server, we don't design it for Windows or Linux, we design it for both. We don't really care, as long as we're selling the one the customer wants."


"The United States government first learned of the diversion of the W-88 nuclear warhead design in late 1995."


"So I went for engineering, specifically product design, which I enjoyed."


"It is most necessary to avoid rusticity in any way, whether in material, design, or execution."


"I think taking design out of the studio and really having a relationship with the people that you're making it for really convinced me of how powerful a thing design is. It's not just an aesthetic decoration."


"Three years ago the Government announced the creation of Reconciliation Place, and said that it would include a memorial to those removed from their families. However, they refused to include any of those who were removed in the design of their own memorial."


"Good design begins with honesty, asks tough questions, comes from collaboration and from trusting your intuition."


"I am going to design... a Station after my own fancy; that is, with engineering roofs, etc."


"I believe consistency and orthogonality are tools of design, not the primary goal in design."


"Language, philosophy, and science are interwoven into the design of words, which are manipulated to create surprising illusions."


"Complexity is one of the great problems in environmental design."


"If we don't have accurate information, if we are not able to tell difficult truth one to another, we will never be able to effectively design a policy for Iraq."


"To design is to communicate clearly by whatever means you can control or master."


"It is to be noted that when any part of this paper appears dull there is a design in it."


"In any case, his judgment and set of values, acting alone or through his assistants, determine not only what is gold and what is dross but the design of the history which he creates out of the metal. The historian decides what is significant, and what is not."


"The architect, Peter Arens who is the monstrous carbuncle architect, not merely did his design which had won a public competition never get built but his practice suffered financially for some years."


"They say that the best furniture and clothing design from the '50s and '60s is Scandinavian or Milanese."


"Intelligent design itself does not have any content."


"In its report, the Cox Committee concludes that China is using stolen U.S. design information to speed up its deployment of a new nuclear missile force."


"Design in art, is a recognition of the relation between various things, various elements in the creative flux. You can't invent a design. You recognize it, in the fourth dimension. That is, with your blood and your bones, as well as with your eyes."


"And I think my sexuality was heavily repressed by the church, by the, you know, the design of the mortal sins."


"After all, C++ isn't a perfect match for Java's design aims either."


"The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the Government of Reasons; to place our Subject in a Right Light, and excite our Hearers to a due consideration of it."


"Technology is making design more exciting, with color, wallpaper, textures, fabrics that could never have been created without the technology."


"An image is not simply a trademark, a design, a slogan or an easily remembered picture. It is a studiously crafted personality profile of an individual, institution, corporation, product or service."
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