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Quotes by Designer
"Video games are bad for you? That's what they said about rock-n-roll."
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"Design is the method of putting form and content together. Design, just as art, has multiple definitions; there is no single definition. Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated."
111
"Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose."
97
"Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
76
"I feel very, very proud that so many people have copied me."
62
"We're dealing with sophisticated customers. What's most important to these women is individuality. I have to create things she'll want to wear, no matter who she is."
62
"Harbour Island in the Bahamas is beautiful, with turquoise water and pink sand."
61
"Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury."
59
"I travel in so many different ways; I travel high, I rough it... it all depends on who I travel with."
55
"If you want to establish an international presence you can't do so from New York. You need the consecration of Paris."
48
"I like light, color, luminosity. I like things full of color and vibrant."
46
"Design must seduce, shape, and perhaps more importantly, evoke an emotional response."
41
"So if I want to buy a light in a shop and I don't find a light that I like, I think to myself what would I like? What would I like to buy? Then I started to imagine and design it for myself a lot of the time."
32
"Gardening is how I relax. It's another form of creating and playing with colors."
32
"Truthfully, I've never seen myself as being too thin. Sometimes I'll look at photos and be like, 'Oh, that's not a good look.' But generally speaking, I'm not too thin."
32
"Now is the most exciting time in fashion. Women are controlling their destiny now, the consumer is more knowledgeable, and I have to be better every single day."
31
"It is not possible for a man to be elegant without a touch of femininity."
30
"Ireland is also quite nice. So is Amsterdam."
30
"I wanted this, I wanted to do this, but my work is me, and it has to be right."
30
"To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail."
30
"I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes."
29
"An adventure game is nothing more than a good story set with engaging puzzles that fit seamlessly in with the story and the characters, and looks and sounds beautiful."
28
"To be honest, I think we should find first the possibility to make it. Research is first - if you're not interested, you never can find something. Many things happen from forgotten machines - ones that are no longer used."
28
"Good design is making something intelligible and memorable. Great design is making something memorable and meaningful."
27
"I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name."
27
"Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable."
26
"Well, what I'm doing is really clothing. I'm not doing sculpture."
26
"The muscular, athletic type is not representative of the human race, who are varied in their physique."
Race,
25
"Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants."
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