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"Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as much about attractive sites and pretty design."

"Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as much about attractive sites and pretty design."

Tim Berners Lee, English Inventor

Design, Care, Pretty, Want

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"To design the future effectively, you must first let go of your past."

"To design the future effectively, you must first let go of your past."

Charles J. Givens, American Businessman

Design, First, Future, Past

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"The urge for good design is the same as the urge to go on living."

"The urge for good design is the same as the urge to go on living."

Harry Bertoia, Italian Sculptor

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"By means of tracing-paper I transfer my design to the wood and draw on that."

"By means of tracing-paper I transfer my design to the wood and draw on that."

John Tenniel, English Artist

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"God is His own Design and End, and that there is no other Worthy of Him."

"God is His own Design and End, and that there is no other Worthy of Him."

Mary Astell, English Writer

Design, God, End

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"Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it's really how it works."

"Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it's really how it works."

Steve Jobs, American Businessman

Design, Function, Understanding, Creativity

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"English is taking over the world. I just wrote a piece about it. And it's not by design. The United States dominates because it's the biggest market."

"English is taking over the world. I just wrote a piece about it. And it's not by design. The United States dominates because it's the biggest market."

Norman Spinrad, American Author

Design, English, States, United

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"The design of the Mac wasn't what it looked like, although that was part of it. Primarily, it was how it worked. To design something really well, you have to get it. You have to really grok what it's all about. It takes a passionate commitment to really thoroughly understand something, chew it up, not just quickly swallow it."

"The design of the Mac wasn't what it looked like, although that was part of it. Primarily, it was how it worked. To design something really well, you have to get it. You have to really grok what it's all about. It takes a passionate commitment to really thoroughly understand something, chew it up, not just quickly swallow it."

Steve Jobs, American Businessman

Design, Understanding, Passion, Depth

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"People who run a ready-to-wear company are businessmen rather than production or design people."

"People who run a ready-to-wear company are businessmen rather than production or design people."

Calvin Klein, American Designer

Design, People, Company, Production

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"After 1980, you never heard reference to space again. Surface, the most convincing evidence of the descent into materialism, became the focus of design. Space disappeared."

"After 1980, you never heard reference to space again. Surface, the most convincing evidence of the descent into materialism, became the focus of design. Space disappeared."

Arthur Erickson, Canadian Architect

Design, Focus, Materialism, Space

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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."

"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

Design, Men, Truth, Chance

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"I have yet to learn that I am not designed to carry the burden of men. Rather, I am designed to carry the love of God so that I might soothe the burden of men."

"I have yet to learn that I am not designed to carry the burden of men. Rather, I am designed to carry the love of God so that I might soothe the burden of men."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Design, Truth, Faith, Power, Wisdom

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"Your body is a complete marvel. The more you study its anatomy and how each part works in harmony, the more you will be convinced that you didn't just evolve. You were designed from the beginning by the hand of a Master."

"Your body is a complete marvel. The more you study its anatomy and how each part works in harmony, the more you will be convinced that you didn't just evolve. You were designed from the beginning by the hand of a Master."

Toni Sorenson, American Author

Design, Body, Creation, Master

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"Often we don't see the majesty of God's design because we're caught up in the mediocrity of our own designs."

"Often we don't see the majesty of God's design because we're caught up in the mediocrity of our own designs."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Design, Truth, Wisdom, Regret

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"God did not simply decide to create heaven and earth. He had a vision."

"God did not simply decide to create heaven and earth. He had a vision."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Design, Creation, Vision, God

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"Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance."

"Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

Design, Performance

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"Work is designed to be in your own field of calling."

"Work is designed to be in your own field of calling."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Design, Work, Calling, Purpose

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"Graphic designers judge a cover by its book."

"Graphic designers judge a cover by its book."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Design, Truth, Power, Life, Wisdom

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