Quotes by Designer | Beyond Motive 12/12

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Quotes by Designer

"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

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"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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"Sometimes the eye gets so accustomed that if you don't have a change, you're bored. It's the same with fashion, you know. And that, I suppose, is what style is about."

"Sometimes the eye gets so accustomed that if you don't have a change, you're bored. It's the same with fashion, you know. And that, I suppose, is what style is about."

Bill Blass, American Designer

Change, Eye, Fashion, Style

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"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

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

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

Carroll Shelby, American Designer

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"My dresses are very reasonably priced, for dresses that are cut on the body."

"My dresses are very reasonably priced, for dresses that are cut on the body."

John Galliano, British Designer

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"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

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"A woman's perfume tells more about her than her handwriting."

"A woman's perfume tells more about her than her handwriting."

Christian Dior, French Designer

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"Write in a disciplined manner, but write in a way that is natural to the individual's thought processes."

"Write in a disciplined manner, but write in a way that is natural to the individual's thought processes."

Donald McKay, Canadian Designer

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"I'm an accomplice to helping women get what they want."

"I'm an accomplice to helping women get what they want."

John Galliano, British Designer

Woman, Women, Want

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"A woman is as young as her knees."

"A woman is as young as her knees."

Mary Quant, English Designer

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"Fashion is not frivolous. It is a part of being alive today."

"Fashion is not frivolous. It is a part of being alive today."

Mary Quant, English Designer

Being, Fashion, Today

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"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

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"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."

"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."

Donald McKay, Canadian Designer

Time, Exercise, Words, Writers

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"The fashionable woman wears clothes. The clothes don't wear her."

"The fashionable woman wears clothes. The clothes don't wear her."

Mary Quant, English Designer

Lifestyle, Clothes, Woman

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"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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"My first novel took 12 years to complete because life got in my way."

"My first novel took 12 years to complete because life got in my way."

Donald McKay, Canadian Designer

Life, First, Years

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"I write when the urge hits me, getting the words down as fast as I can type and then I step back from what I just wrote and start a dialectical process where I begin challenging my own writing."

"I write when the urge hits me, getting the words down as fast as I can type and then I step back from what I just wrote and start a dialectical process where I begin challenging my own writing."

Donald McKay, Canadian Designer

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"Women are most fascinating between the ages of 35 and 40 after they have won a few races and know how to pace themselves. Since few women ever pass 40, maximum fascination can continue indefinitely."

"Women are most fascinating between the ages of 35 and 40 after they have won a few races and know how to pace themselves. Since few women ever pass 40, maximum fascination can continue indefinitely."

Christian Dior, French Designer

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"Having money is rather like being a blond. It is more fun but not vital."

"Having money is rather like being a blond. It is more fun but not vital."

Mary Quant, English Designer

Money, Being, Fun

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"The tones of gray, pale turquoise and pink will prevail."

"The tones of gray, pale turquoise and pink will prevail."

Christian Dior, French 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

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"To come up with the ending to a story and then work backwards is like tying your shoe with one hand only."

"To come up with the ending to a story and then work backwards is like tying your shoe with one hand only."

Donald McKay, Canadian Designer

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"My dream is to save women from nature."

"My dream is to save women from nature."

Christian Dior, French Designer

Nature, Women, Dream

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"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

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"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

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"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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"Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest."

"Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest."

Christian Dior, French Designer

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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