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Quotes by Designer
"Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose."
70
"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."
67
"Video games are bad for you? That's what they said about rock-n-roll."
66
"Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
51
"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."
40
"Harbour Island in the Bahamas is beautiful, with turquoise water and pink sand."
37
"I feel very, very proud that so many people have copied me."
34
"I travel in so many different ways; I travel high, I rough it... it all depends on who I travel with."
29
"I like light, color, luminosity. I like things full of color and vibrant."
29
"Design must seduce, shape, and perhaps more importantly, evoke an emotional response."
29
"If you want to establish an international presence you can't do so from New York. You need the consecration of Paris."
27
"Gardening is how I relax. It's another form of creating and playing with colors."
22
"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."
20
"I wanted this, I wanted to do this, but my work is me, and it has to be right."
18
"Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury."
18
"Ireland is also quite nice. So is Amsterdam."
16
"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."
13
"I'm a designer, I love it, and I haven't worked this hard to do bad work."
12
"I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes."
11
"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."
11
"Good design is making something intelligible and memorable. Great design is making something memorable and meaningful."
10
"My favorite kitchen was the Japanese and the Italian kitchen."
10
"If you see something that you feel is familiar it gives you an important kind of emotional connection."
10
"Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas."
10
"I had the idea for the show like a year and a half, two years ago. And it was all about the things that I didn't like about TV. I was trying to create a positive solution for it. And it actually worked."
9
"I started to work with cotton fabrics. I used cotton because it's easy to work with, to wash, to take care of, to wear if it's warm or cold. It's great. That was the start."
9
"I don't start with a design objective, I start with a communication objective. I feel my project is successful if it communicates what it is supposed to communicate."
9
"The muscular, athletic type is not representative of the human race, who are varied in their physique."
Race,
9
"What if Woody Allen called me and said, I'm working on this movie and there's a really divine role for you. We want exactly you! It would be such a fantasy. Forget it! My idol, Woody Allen!"
9
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