Quotes by Designer | Beyond Motive 12/12

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Quotes by Designer

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

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

James Dyson, British Designer

Success, Failure

4

"Art resides in the quality of doing, process is not magic."

"Art resides in the quality of doing, process is not magic."

Charles Eames, American Designer

Art, Quality, Magic

4

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

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

Genevieve Gorder, American Designer

Difference, Training

4

"I'm a sexual person, and that's reflected in my clothes and my advertisements."

"I'm a sexual person, and that's reflected in my clothes and my advertisements."

Calvin Klein, American Designer

Appearance, Clothes

4

"I see myself as a true modernist. Even when I do a traditional gown, I give it a modern twist. I go to the past for research. I need to know what came before so I can break the rules."

"I see myself as a true modernist. Even when I do a traditional gown, I give it a modern twist. I go to the past for research. I need to know what came before so I can break the rules."

Vera Wang, American Designer

Past, Research, Rules

4

"People read things into my commercials that don't even exist."

"People read things into my commercials that don't even exist."

Calvin Klein, American Designer

4

"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

4

"I guess I don't have a proper perspective on my fame; if I did, I don't think I'd like it."

"I guess I don't have a proper perspective on my fame; if I did, I don't think I'd like it."

Calvin Klein, American Designer

Fame, Perspective

4

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

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

Geoffrey Beene, American Designer

History, Nothing

4

"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

4

"We don't want to push our ideas on to customers, we simply want to make what they want."

"We don't want to push our ideas on to customers, we simply want to make what they want."

Laura Ashley, British Designer

Creativity, Ideas, Want

3

"I literally have meetings at eight o'clock in the morning, and I finish at nine o'clock at night. It sounds pathetic, but I don't even have time to go shopping."

"I literally have meetings at eight o'clock in the morning, and I finish at nine o'clock at night. It sounds pathetic, but I don't even have time to go shopping."

Stella McCartney, British Designer

Time, Meetings, Night

3

"I'm neither Democrat nor Republican."

"I'm neither Democrat nor Republican."

Calvin Klein, American Designer

Politics, Republican

3

"You want to look fashionable and put-together, not like you hit every sale rack this season."

"You want to look fashionable and put-together, not like you hit every sale rack this season."

Tommy Hilfiger, American Designer

3

"So, like I said, I will visit Jeffersonville more often because I now have a little getaway house up there."

"So, like I said, I will visit Jeffersonville more often because I now have a little getaway house up there."

Genevieve Gorder, American Designer

Now, Visit, Will

3

"Women are women, and hurray for that."

"Women are women, and hurray for that."

John Galliano, British Designer

3

"I don't love dolls. I love women. I love their bodies."

"I don't love dolls. I love women. I love their bodies."

John Galliano, British Designer

3

"You put high heels on and you change."

"You put high heels on and you change."

Manolo Blahnik, Spanish Designer

3

"There's room for the Gap, but the joy of dressing is an art."

"There's room for the Gap, but the joy of dressing is an art."

John Galliano, British Designer

3

"I think taking design out of the studio and really having a relationship with the people that you're making it for really convinced me of how powerful a thing design is. It's not just an aesthetic decoration."

"I think taking design out of the studio and really having a relationship with the people that you're making it for really convinced me of how powerful a thing design is. It's not just an aesthetic decoration."

Genevieve Gorder, American Designer

3

"About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread-and-butter designs."

"About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread-and-butter designs."

Manolo Blahnik, Spanish Designer

Fashion, Fantasy, Madness, Rest

3

"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

3

"Christianity is the only major religion to have as its central event the humiliation of its God."

"Christianity is the only major religion to have as its central event the humiliation of its God."

Bruce Shelley, American Designer

Religion, God, Christianity

3

"During my career several people have tried to push me out the door... Nobody has succeeded yet."

"During my career several people have tried to push me out the door... Nobody has succeeded yet."

Ferdinand Piech, Austrian Designer

3

"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

2

"Rich Palm Beach clients all wanted the same kind of different thing."

"Rich Palm Beach clients all wanted the same kind of different thing."

Billy Baldwin, American Designer

Society, Beach, Clients

2

"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

2

"We've been in a war and a recession. That's why acccent colors with yellow and purple are popular. They're optimistic and flirty and happy colors."

"We've been in a war and a recession. That's why acccent colors with yellow and purple are popular. They're optimistic and flirty and happy colors."

David Bromstad, American Designer

War, Colors, Popular

2

"It's immoral that people make money out of writing crap, but I try not to obsess about it. I don't want to spend my life being angry."

"It's immoral that people make money out of writing crap, but I try not to obsess about it. I don't want to spend my life being angry."

Stella McCartney, British Designer

Life, Money, People, Being

2

"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

2

"I can honestly say this industry hasn't made me neurotic about my looks, except maybe my weight. I hope my clothes kind of reflect that. They're meant to make you feel good."

"I can honestly say this industry hasn't made me neurotic about my looks, except maybe my weight. I hope my clothes kind of reflect that. They're meant to make you feel good."

Stella McCartney, British Designer

Hope, Clothes, Weight

2

"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

2

"You are only as good as the people you dress."

"You are only as good as the people you dress."

Halston, American Designer

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"If you fire people, you fire customers."

"If you fire people, you fire customers."

Ferdinand Piech, Austrian Designer

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"Buzz and the right publicist are not only important but crucial in show business."

"Buzz and the right publicist are not only important but crucial in show business."

Halston, American Designer

Business, Right

1

"In my career quite a few people have tried to force me out, but so far no one has succeeded."

"In my career quite a few people have tried to force me out, but so far no one has succeeded."

Ferdinand Piech, Austrian Designer

People, Career, Force

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