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Quotes by Designer

"I very much like dance and dancers."

"I very much like dance and dancers."

Issey Miyake, Japanese Designer

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"I don't like balance. Balance is not a word you can use in Versace fashion."

"I don't like balance. Balance is not a word you can use in Versace fashion."

Donatella Versace, Italian Designer

Balance, Fashion, Word

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"Design schools are good, I guess, sometimes I visit schools, but they are very very limiting."

"Design schools are good, I guess, sometimes I visit schools, but they are very very limiting."

Marc Newson, Australian Designer

Design, Schools, Visit

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"Fashion is all about happiness. It's fun. It's important. But it's not medicine."

"Fashion is all about happiness. It's fun. It's important. But it's not medicine."

Donatella Versace, Italian Designer

Happiness, Fashion, Fun, Medicine

31

"You see it in the many bouncing clothes that are not just pleats. To make them, two or three people twist them - twist, twist, twist the pleats, sometimes three or four persons twist together and put it all in the machine to cook it."

"You see it in the many bouncing clothes that are not just pleats. To make them, two or three people twist them - twist, twist, twist the pleats, sometimes three or four persons twist together and put it all in the machine to cook it."

Issey Miyake, Japanese Designer

People, Clothes, Machine

31

"Well, what I'm doing is really clothing. I'm not doing sculpture."

"Well, what I'm doing is really clothing. I'm not doing sculpture."

Issey Miyake, Japanese Designer

Fashion, Sculpture

31

"It seems there's always another rumor about my life; some people are simply talked about more than others."

"It seems there's always another rumor about my life; some people are simply talked about more than others."

Calvin Klein, American Designer

Life, People, Rumor

31

"I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name."

"I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name."

William Morris, English Designer

Man, Men, Battle, Defeat, Fight

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"The muscular, athletic type is not representative of the human race, who are varied in their physique."

"The muscular, athletic type is not representative of the human race, who are varied in their physique."

Vivienne Westwood, English Designer

31

"Give me love and work - these two only."

"Give me love and work - these two only."

William Morris, English Designer

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"All those years of skating and dancing have carried over. I can't design anything without thinking of how a woman's body will look and move when she's wearing it."

"All those years of skating and dancing have carried over. I can't design anything without thinking of how a woman's body will look and move when she's wearing it."

Vera Wang, American Designer

Design, Body, Dancing, Thinking

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"The client is not always right."

"The client is not always right."

Enzo Ferrari, Italian Designer

Business, Right

30

"I think there's something incredibly sexy about a woman wearing her boyfriend's T-shirt and underwear."

"I think there's something incredibly sexy about a woman wearing her boyfriend's T-shirt and underwear."

Calvin Klein, American Designer

Friendship, Boyfriend, Woman

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"My favorite kitchen was the Japanese and the Italian kitchen."

"My favorite kitchen was the Japanese and the Italian kitchen."

Karl Lagerfeld, German Designer

Favorite, Kitchen

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"Look for the woman in the dress. If there is no woman, there is no dress."

"Look for the woman in the dress. If there is no woman, there is no dress."

Coco Chanel, French Designer

Humor, Dress, Woman

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"In the past, people were born royal. Nowadays, royalty comes from what you do."

"In the past, people were born royal. Nowadays, royalty comes from what you do."

Gianni Versace, Italian Designer

People, Past, Royalty

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"But if I have a lot of imagination, I could tell myself whatever I wanted, you know. I handle myself quite well. I'm kind of fascist with myself, you know. There's no discussion. There is an order. You follow it."

"But if I have a lot of imagination, I could tell myself whatever I wanted, you know. I handle myself quite well. I'm kind of fascist with myself, you know. There's no discussion. There is an order. You follow it."

Karl Lagerfeld, German Designer

Imagination, Order

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"The best thing is to look natural, but it takes makeup to look natural."

"The best thing is to look natural, but it takes makeup to look natural."

Calvin Klein, American Designer

Appearance, Makeup

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"I personally would not have plastic surgery. What the hell for? It looks ridiculous."

"I personally would not have plastic surgery. What the hell for? It looks ridiculous."

Calvin Klein, American Designer

30

"I never had to learn English, French and German because I was brought up as all three languages. I had a private French teacher before I even went to school. That helped a lot."

"I never had to learn English, French and German because I was brought up as all three languages. I had a private French teacher before I even went to school. That helped a lot."

Karl Lagerfeld, German Designer

Language, English, School

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"AIDS is an absolutely tragic disease. The argument about AIDS' being some kind of divine retribution is crap."

"AIDS is an absolutely tragic disease. The argument about AIDS' being some kind of divine retribution is crap."

Calvin Klein, American Designer

Argument, Being, Disease

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"No, I'm not a French designer either. I'm from nowhere. I'm a European, old European is all I am."

"No, I'm not a French designer either. I'm from nowhere. I'm a European, old European is all I am."

Karl Lagerfeld, German Designer

29

"I vertically center things in tables a lot, and the fact that there is no way to control vertical positioning in divs affects the way we do things across the board."

"I vertically center things in tables a lot, and the fact that there is no way to control vertical positioning in divs affects the way we do things across the board."

Mike Davidson, American Designer

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"I like the body. I like to design everything to do with the body."

"I like the body. I like to design everything to do with the body."

Gianni Versace, Italian Designer

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"I never - you know also one of the things that would save me for a man my age, it was not that easy to lose that much weight and fall down and look like something draped."

"I never - you know also one of the things that would save me for a man my age, it was not that easy to lose that much weight and fall down and look like something draped."

Karl Lagerfeld, German Designer

Age, Man, Weight

29

"My men's-underwear print ads are very popular!"

"My men's-underwear print ads are very popular!"

Calvin Klein, American Designer

29

"Oprah has this intense curiosity that I haven't found with any interviewer."

"Oprah has this intense curiosity that I haven't found with any interviewer."

Genevieve Gorder, American Designer

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"Actually I am very glad that people can buy Armani - even if it's a fake. I like the fact that I'm so popular around the world."

"Actually I am very glad that people can buy Armani - even if it's a fake. I like the fact that I'm so popular around the world."

Giorgio Armani, Italian Designer

People, Fact, Popular, World

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"I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like."

"I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like."

Coco Chanel, French Designer

Innovation, Life

29

"In Japan, Australia, and England there is such a strong youth culture."

"In Japan, Australia, and England there is such a strong youth culture."

Marc Newson, Australian Designer

Cultural, Culture, England, Youth

29

"A great thing happening now in art is that artists are using the figure, the body, clothing, life."

"A great thing happening now in art is that artists are using the figure, the body, clothing, life."

Issey Miyake, Japanese Designer

Life, Art, Artists, Body

29

"If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful."

"If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful."

William Morris, English Designer

Houses, Nothing, Want, Will

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"There has been a change in men's attitudes toward their clothes. Men are more aware of fashion; they're not afraid of it."

"There has been a change in men's attitudes toward their clothes. Men are more aware of fashion; they're not afraid of it."

Calvin Klein, American Designer

Change, Men, Clothes, Fashion

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"We must never confuse elegance with snobbery."

"We must never confuse elegance with snobbery."

Yves Saint Laurent, French Designer

Elegance, Snobbery

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"If I allow journalists to describe a collection and they make mistakes, I'm upset, because the retractions are never noticed."

"If I allow journalists to describe a collection and they make mistakes, I'm upset, because the retractions are never noticed."

Calvin Klein, American Designer

Mistake, Mistakes

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"The details are not the details. They make the design."

"The details are not the details. They make the design."

Charles Eames, American Designer

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"Commercials capture your attention, that's all."

"Commercials capture your attention, that's all."

Calvin Klein, American Designer

28

"The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in the future which we are now helping to make."

"The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in the future which we are now helping to make."

William Morris, English Designer

Future, Living, Now, Past

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"People in their 70s can still have incredible lives. Health is the most important thing."

"People in their 70s can still have incredible lives. Health is the most important thing."

Calvin Klein, American Designer

28

"A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working at it and wills it, is exercising the energies of his mind and soul as well as of his body. Memory and imagination help him as he works."

"A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working at it and wills it, is exercising the energies of his mind and soul as well as of his body. Memory and imagination help him as he works."

William Morris, English Designer

Imagination, Work, Soul, Body

28

"My friends, there are no friends."

"My friends, there are no friends."

Coco Chanel, French Designer

Friendship, Friends

28

"I don't start with a design objective, I start with a communication objective. I feel my project is successful if it communicates what it is supposed to communicate."

"I don't start with a design objective, I start with a communication objective. I feel my project is successful if it communicates what it is supposed to communicate."

Mike Davidson, American Designer

Design, Successful, Communication, Project

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"I believe that my clothes can give people a better image of themselves - that it can increase their feelings of confidence and happiness."

"I believe that my clothes can give people a better image of themselves - that it can increase their feelings of confidence and happiness."

Giorgio Armani, Italian Designer

Happiness, People, Feelings, Clothes

28

"Elegance is refusal."

"Elegance is refusal."

Coco Chanel, French Designer

Attitude, Elegance

28

"Accent your positive and delete your negative."

"Accent your positive and delete your negative."

Donna Karan, American Designer

Negative, Positive

28

"Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty."

"Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty."

Coco Chanel, French Designer

28

"I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear."

"I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear."

Vera Wang, American Designer

27

"Well, for over a year now at my desk, a prototype program of Luigi and Mario has been running on my monitor. We've been thinking about the game, and it may be something that could work on a completely new game system."

"Well, for over a year now at my desk, a prototype program of Luigi and Mario has been running on my monitor. We've been thinking about the game, and it may be something that could work on a completely new game system."

Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese Designer

Work, May, Now, Running

27

"I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few."

"I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few."

William Morris, English Designer

Art, Education, Freedom, Want

27

"I don't dwell on success. Maybe that's one reason I'm successful."

"I don't dwell on success. Maybe that's one reason I'm successful."

Calvin Klein, American Designer

Success, Successful, Reason

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