Quotes by Designer | Beyond Motive 11/12

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Quotes by Designer

"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

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"Women dress alike all over the world: they dress to be annoying to other women."

"Women dress alike all over the world: they dress to be annoying to other women."

Elsa Schiaparelli, Italian Designer

Woman, Women, Dress

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"You listen to Handel operas, right? And there are a thousand of them, right? And they all sound alike. If I look back on my work, maybe it's the same thing."

"You listen to Handel operas, right? And there are a thousand of them, right? And they all sound alike. If I look back on my work, maybe it's the same thing."

Isaac Mizrahi, American Designer

Work, Right, Sound

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"I design for the woman who loves being a woman."

"I design for the woman who loves being a woman."

Diane von Furstenberg, Belgian Designer

Design, Being, Woman

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"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

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"The reason people like to watch ball games is because they don't really know exactly what's going to happen from moment to moment. That's why you watch the entire thing."

"The reason people like to watch ball games is because they don't really know exactly what's going to happen from moment to moment. That's why you watch the entire thing."

Isaac Mizrahi, American Designer

People, Games, Reason

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"It has not been an easy name, yet it has brought me many a laugh."

"It has not been an easy name, yet it has brought me many a laugh."

Sister Parish, American Designer

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"I like spending time at home. In Paris, people drop by and have a bite to eat, or they drop by and watch Friends on TV. I take my dog to the office there, and I walk to work sometimes."

"I like spending time at home. In Paris, people drop by and have a bite to eat, or they drop by and watch Friends on TV. I take my dog to the office there, and I walk to work sometimes."

Marc Jacobs, American Designer

Friendship, Time, Work, Home, People

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"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

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"It's not a party until the fire department shows up."

"It's not a party until the fire department shows up."

Thom Filicia, American Designer

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"It just seemed too weird to me. I don't know, maybe they were smoking a joint in the car downstairs from their parents' apartment. I had to go that far to put together a scenario of how they could have possibly recognized me."

"It just seemed too weird to me. I don't know, maybe they were smoking a joint in the car downstairs from their parents' apartment. I had to go that far to put together a scenario of how they could have possibly recognized me."

Marc Jacobs, American Designer

Car, Parents, Smoking

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"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

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"People ask how can a Jewish kid from the Bronx do preppy clothes? Does it have to do with class and money? It has to do with dreams."

"People ask how can a Jewish kid from the Bronx do preppy clothes? Does it have to do with class and money? It has to do with dreams."

Ralph Lauren, American Designer

Dream, Dreams, People, Money, Class

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"Mean people are no fun."

"Mean people are no fun."

Thom Filicia, American Designer

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"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

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"Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines."

"Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines."

Enzo Ferrari, Italian Designer

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"People think I'm strong, but actually I wanted to crawl away. I thought, I'm going to live in the country with my horse and I'll get a nine-to-five; I don't need this."

"People think I'm strong, but actually I wanted to crawl away. I thought, I'm going to live in the country with my horse and I'll get a nine-to-five; I don't need this."

Stella McCartney, British Designer

Thought, People, Country

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"The last occasions when the timetable of our lives would be interrupted for many years to come."

"The last occasions when the timetable of our lives would be interrupted for many years to come."

Sister Parish, American Designer

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"People who run a ready-to-wear company are businessmen rather than production or design people."

"People who run a ready-to-wear company are businessmen rather than production or design people."

Calvin Klein, American Designer

Design, People, Company, Production

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"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

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"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

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"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

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

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

John Galliano, British Designer

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"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

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"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

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

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

Ralph Lauren, American Designer

Design, Dreams, Clothes

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"Women are women, and hurray for that."

"Women are women, and hurray for that."

John Galliano, British Designer

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"You put high heels on and you change."

"You put high heels on and you change."

Manolo Blahnik, Spanish Designer

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"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

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"But I'm going to be a real good boy and take it day by day and try to concentrate on what's most important to me, and that's offering women a service."

"But I'm going to be a real good boy and take it day by day and try to concentrate on what's most important to me, and that's offering women a service."

John Galliano, British Designer

Woman, Women, Day, Service

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"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

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"I've been a writer for 42 years and, yes, it is a full time job for me. Not a hobby, but serious work."

"I've been a writer for 42 years and, yes, it is a full time job for me. Not a hobby, but serious work."

Donald McKay, Canadian Designer

Time, Work, Job, Writer

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"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

28

"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

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