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Quotes by Designer
"Video games are bad for you? That's what they said about rock-n-roll."
169
"I feel very, very proud that so many people have copied me."
161
"Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose."
157
"Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
143
"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."
136
"Harbour Island in the Bahamas is beautiful, with turquoise water and pink sand."
127
"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."
120
"I travel in so many different ways; I travel high, I rough it... it all depends on who I travel with."
118
"If you want to establish an international presence you can't do so from New York. You need the consecration of Paris."
116
"I like light, color, luminosity. I like things full of color and vibrant."
104
"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."
87
"Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury."
86
"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."
70
"Design must seduce, shape, and perhaps more importantly, evoke an emotional response."
69
"To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail."
68
"I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes."
61
"Ireland is also quite nice. So is Amsterdam."
60
"It is not possible for a man to be elegant without a touch of femininity."
58
"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."
58
"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."
56
"Good design is making something intelligible and memorable. Great design is making something memorable and meaningful."
54
"Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable."
54
"Gardening is how I relax. It's another form of creating and playing with colors."
54
"Even when I work with computers, with high technology, I always try to put in the touch of the hand."
54
"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."
53
"I wanted this, I wanted to do this, but my work is me, and it has to be right."
52
"No, I'm not a French designer either. I'm from nowhere. I'm a European, old European is all I am."
Old,
48
"I vertically center things in tables a lot, and the fact that there is no way to control vertical positioning in divs affects the way we do things across the board."
48
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