Quotes by Designer | Beyond Motive 11/12

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Quotes by Designer

"You don't necessarily live for the moment; you live for hope-what you're going to get, what you're going to say, what you're going to think."

"You don't necessarily live for the moment; you live for hope-what you're going to get, what you're going to say, what you're going to think."

Isaac Mizrahi, American Designer

28

"If you try to have a fashion show with Bach fugues and John Coltrane, it doesn't really work."

"If you try to have a fashion show with Bach fugues and John Coltrane, it doesn't really work."

Isaac Mizrahi, American Designer

28

"I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It's a metaphor for women's lives, their creativity."

"I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It's a metaphor for women's lives, their creativity."

Vera Wang, American Designer

Fashion, Wedding, Women, Creativity, Metaphor

28

"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 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."

Christian Siriano, American Designer

Fashion, Clothes, Hate

28

"That's one thing about fashion that you really shouldn't be-you can't be melancholy in fashion because people don't respond to it."

"That's one thing about fashion that you really shouldn't be-you can't be melancholy in fashion because people don't respond to it."

Isaac Mizrahi, American Designer

People, Fashion, Melancholy

28

"Even my aunt Joan, hopelessly sentimental about every member of our family, admitted that I was hideous."

"Even my aunt Joan, hopelessly sentimental about every member of our family, admitted that I was hideous."

Sister Parish, American Designer

27

"I'm not that interested in fashion... When someone says that lime-green is the new black for this season, you just want to tell them to get a life."

"I'm not that interested in fashion... When someone says that lime-green is the new black for this season, you just want to tell them to get a life."

Bruce Oldfield, English Designer

Life, Fashion, Want

27

"Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady."

"Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady."

Edith Head, American Designer

Fashion, Lady, Woman

27

"I don't care about money. I really don't care. I just want to do what I do."

"I don't care about money. I really don't care. I just want to do what I do."

John Galliano, British Designer

Money, Care, Want

27

"But instead of that stuff you get relationships with people and neighbors that you would never get in a city. People in small towns are a lot more open."

"But instead of that stuff you get relationships with people and neighbors that you would never get in a city. People in small towns are a lot more open."

Genevieve Gorder, American Designer

Relationship, People, Neighbors, Open, Relationships

27

"Don't be afraid to take time to learn. It's good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn."

"Don't be afraid to take time to learn. It's good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn."

Vera Wang, American Designer

Time, Work, People, Years

27

"One of the most fun inventions of my lifetime is the Mini."

"One of the most fun inventions of my lifetime is the Mini."

James Dyson, British Designer

Fun, Inventions

27

"They know they're going to look beautiful, and I don't think women should look like costumes. They shouldn't look like fashion victims."

"They know they're going to look beautiful, and I don't think women should look like costumes. They shouldn't look like fashion victims."

Ralph Lauren, American Designer

Woman, Women, Fashion, Victims

27

"So, to really execute design in its highest form and making people feel joy, that's a great reward."

"So, to really execute design in its highest form and making people feel joy, that's a great reward."

Genevieve Gorder, American Designer

Design, People, Joy, Reward

27

"Design is directed toward human beings. To design is to solve human problems by identifying them and executing the best solution."

"Design is directed toward human beings. To design is to solve human problems by identifying them and executing the best solution."

Ivan Chermayeff, British Designer

Design, Problems, Solution

27

"Mean people are no fun."

"Mean people are no fun."

Thom Filicia, American Designer

27

"I work with structure, but I go outside the box and give it my own spin. I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes - where a woman's personality and sense of style are realized."

"I work with structure, but I go outside the box and give it my own spin. I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes - where a woman's personality and sense of style are realized."

Vera Wang, American Designer

Work, Challenge, Clothes, Personality

27

"The problem is with men. I know I shouldn't say this, but they've shrouded and hidden women to hide their incompetence."

"The problem is with men. I know I shouldn't say this, but they've shrouded and hidden women to hide their incompetence."

John Galliano, British Designer

Woman, Women, Incompetence

26

"To me, eyewear goes way beyond being a prescription. It's like makeup. It's the most incredible accessory. The shape of a frame or the color of lenses can change your whole appearance."

"To me, eyewear goes way beyond being a prescription. It's like makeup. It's the most incredible accessory. The shape of a frame or the color of lenses can change your whole appearance."

Vera Wang, American Designer

Change, Appearance, Being, Makeup

26

"A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes."

"A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes."

Vera Wang, American Designer

Fashion, Clothes, Woman

26

"I think the accessories look very modern and very exciting. These big earrings, these big hoops. I think the girls are sort of falling in love with... collars, neck collars."

"I think the accessories look very modern and very exciting. These big earrings, these big hoops. I think the girls are sort of falling in love with... collars, neck collars."

Ralph Lauren, American Designer

26

"To be well turned out, a woman should turn her thoughts in."

"To be well turned out, a woman should turn her thoughts in."

Mainbocher, American Designer

Thought, Thoughts, Woman

26

"They said pret-a-porter will kill your name, and it saved me."

"They said pret-a-porter will kill your name, and it saved me."

Pierre Cardin, French Designer

Fashion, Name, Will

26

"In the immediate postwar years, the whole of Europe was in a recession. So first of all, it helped us step out of a recession; it gave a certain amount of speed to the economy. But that was the first step."

"In the immediate postwar years, the whole of Europe was in a recession. So first of all, it helped us step out of a recession; it gave a certain amount of speed to the economy. But that was the first step."

Giovanni Agnelli, Italian Designer

Economy, Europe, First, Years

26

"Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume."

"Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume."

Vera Wang, American Designer

Challenge, Fashion, Night

26

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

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

David Bromstad, American Designer

Design, Technology

26

"It was something I was more interested in myself. When I went to see my sister dance at ballet, I was really into costumes and the arts, and my family was also supportive of whatever me and my sister wanted to do. I would say I pushed myself the most to be into design."

"It was something I was more interested in myself. When I went to see my sister dance at ballet, I was really into costumes and the arts, and my family was also supportive of whatever me and my sister wanted to do. I would say I pushed myself the most to be into design."

Christian Siriano, American Designer

Design, Family, Sister, Dance

26

"I was very lucky, I was part of the post-war period when everything had to be redone."

"I was very lucky, I was part of the post-war period when everything had to be redone."

Pierre Cardin, French Designer

26

"I despise simplicity. It is the negation of all that is beautiful."

"I despise simplicity. It is the negation of all that is beautiful."

Norman Hartnell, British Designer

Appearance, Simplicity

26

"The bump I was trying to hide could be the future king of England."

"The bump I was trying to hide could be the future king of England."

Bruce Oldfield, English Designer

Celebrity, Englfuture, Trying

26

"But I'm not an artist. Maybe an artist with a small a."

"But I'm not an artist. Maybe an artist with a small a."

John Galliano, British Designer

26

"It has not been an easy cross to bear. It has caused considerable confusion. My husband constantly complained about the awkwardness of being married to a woman whom he called Sister."

"It has not been an easy cross to bear. It has caused considerable confusion. My husband constantly complained about the awkwardness of being married to a woman whom he called Sister."

Sister Parish, American Designer

Family, Sister, Husbbeing, Confusion, Woman

26

"Everyone drinks more during a recession; they want to forget."

"Everyone drinks more during a recession; they want to forget."

Christian Audigier, French Designer

Economy, Drinks, Forget, Want

25

"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."

"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."

Enzo Ferrari, Italian Designer

25

"I don't design clothes, I design dreams."

"I don't design clothes, I design dreams."

Ralph Lauren, American Designer

Design, Dreams, Clothes

25

"And it came to me, and I knew what I had to have before my soul would rest. I wanted to belong - to belong to my mother. And in return - I wanted my mother to belong to me."

"And it came to me, and I knew what I had to have before my soul would rest. I wanted to belong - to belong to my mother. And in return - I wanted my mother to belong to me."

Gloria Vanderbilt, American Designer

Family, Mother, Soul, Rest

25

"I love New York. But the energy is so intense."

"I love New York. But the energy is so intense."

John Galliano, British Designer

25

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

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

Freeman Thomas, American Designer

25

"Good design begins with honesty, asks tough questions, comes from collaboration and from trusting your intuition."

"Good design begins with honesty, asks tough questions, comes from collaboration and from trusting your intuition."

Freeman Thomas, American Designer

Design, Honesty, Collaboration, Intuition

25

"When we first sort of break in or bust into the house, if you will, there's some tough love."

"When we first sort of break in or bust into the house, if you will, there's some tough love."

Thom Filicia, American Designer

Love, First, Will

25

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

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

Milton Glaser, American Designer

Design, Control

24

"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."

"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."

Christian Siriano, American Designer

Community, Cute, School, Style

24

"I think the idea of mixing luxury and mass-market fashion is very modern - wearing head-to-toe designer has become a bit passe. It's a new era in fashion - there are no rules. It's all about the individual and personal style, wearing high-end, low-end, classic labels, and up-and-coming designers all together."

"I think the idea of mixing luxury and mass-market fashion is very modern - wearing head-to-toe designer has become a bit passe. It's a new era in fashion - there are no rules. It's all about the individual and personal style, wearing high-end, low-end, classic labels, and up-and-coming designers all together."

Alexander McQueen, English Designer

Creativity, Idea, Fashion, Luxury, Rules

24

"It's for all the women who embrace my aesthetic, but can't afford a Vera Wang dress. If women can get anything out of it - a little bit of me or a lot of me, that's what's important."

"It's for all the women who embrace my aesthetic, but can't afford a Vera Wang dress. If women can get anything out of it - a little bit of me or a lot of me, that's what's important."

Vera Wang, American Designer

Woman, Women, Dress

24

"Computers are to design as microwaves are to cooking."

"Computers are to design as microwaves are to cooking."

Milton Glaser, American Designer

Computer, Computers, Design, Cooking

23

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

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

Freeman Thomas, American Designer

Technology, Life

23

"Women are women, and hurray for that."

"Women are women, and hurray for that."

John Galliano, British Designer

23

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

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

Mainbocher, American Designer

Appearance, Reflection, Self, Woman

23

"It's a massive motor in a tiny, lightweight car."

"It's a massive motor in a tiny, lightweight car."

Carroll Shelby, American Designer

23

"Dressing up. People just don't do it anymore. We have to change that."

"Dressing up. People just don't do it anymore. We have to change that."

John Galliano, British Designer

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