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Quotes by Designer

"We're developing things, but I don't know what we'll go with for the show, so I don't like to talk about it."
Talk,

"Each individual piece is a calculated attempt to entice women to add to their wardrobe."

"A designer is only as good as the star who wears her clothes."

"I have a name, I have to take advantage of it."

"There's a big difference between decorators and designers and the training is very different."

"It makes me feel guilty that anybody should have such a good time doing what they are supposed to do."
Time,

"This is what I like about being a designer: You can't really get it until you see it."

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

"I'd rather promote New York than anything else in this world because New York to me means the world."

"The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes and even modest talent with those characteristics grows."

"If you like trekking, go to the Himalayas or Peru. I love those kinds of trips. But it all depends on your own life and what you like and what you expect."

"King's Quest IV was a much bigger hit than I, II, or III. I do feel that King's Quest IV was a pivotal game in bringing in more female players."

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

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

"I hate the terminology of "costume" because my clothes are not costumes at all. I think they're high fashion, avant-garde, and more couture, definitely, and yes, some of my pieces are not particularly wearable, but I wouldn't say they're costumes, I'd say they're more couture."

"I do not write by any set time schedule. I realize there are many writers who follow a daily regime where they arise at 6:00 a.m., do some sort of exercise, eat breakfast and then sit down and produce words for a three to four hour period."

"The greatest concubines in history knew that everything revealed with nothing concealed is a bore."

"But each time I seemed to be climbing into a roller coaster and finding myself coming through the downhill run with that sort of dazed feeling that we all know."

"The gays like 'Project Runway' because it's a fashion, and the gays are into fashion and into design. It's a creative industry, and most of the gays are pretty creative, in general. That's just like the culture. We're not all into politics necessarily. We're more into the creative environment. I also think Heidi is a big draw. The boys love Heidi and think she's so fabulous. I just think it's a glitzy, fun show, and there are also always lots of gay boys on it, and, you know, that's fun."

"We were promised a simpler life, and technology has only complicated our lives."

"Well I am from Annapolis Maryland. I went to High school in Baltimore, but I grew up in Annapolis. It was a cute town. We lived on a waterfront community. It was good, even though I don't really fit the preppy boater kind of style."

"I have never known a really chic woman whose appearance was not, in large part, an outward reflection of her inner self."

"I believe the adventure game genre will never die any more than any type of storytelling would ever die."

"We think there's a huge opportunity in smaller vehicles. Smaller vehicles done in an American way."

"When I don't have any ideas, I pick up fabric and start working with it and something happens."

"Enjoy failure and learn from it. You can never learn from success."
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