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Quotes by Designer

"French design hardly exists, except as artificial modernism."

"French design hardly exists, except as artificial modernism."

Christian Lacroix, French Designer

46

"The notion of time bothers me. You look at thirty-year-old photographs and realize how the time has passed."

"The notion of time bothers me. You look at thirty-year-old photographs and realize how the time has passed."

Christian Lacroix, French Designer

46

"I am attracted to people who make this effort in knowing what suits them - they are individual and stylish."

"I am attracted to people who make this effort in knowing what suits them - they are individual and stylish."

Vivienne Westwood, English Designer

46

"The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud."

"The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud."

Coco Chanel, French Designer

46

"I remember walking the dog one day, I saw a car full of teenage girls, and one of them rolled down the window and yelled, 'Marc Jacobs!' in a French accent."

"I remember walking the dog one day, I saw a car full of teenage girls, and one of them rolled down the window and yelled, 'Marc Jacobs!' in a French accent."

Marc Jacobs, American Designer

Car, Day, Girls, Teenage

46

"I never buy magazines, I never even buy books."

"I never buy magazines, I never even buy books."

Marc Newson, Australian Designer

46

"I always say that my favorite game was Original Adventure, published by both Microsoft and Apple Computer back in 1980."

"I always say that my favorite game was Original Adventure, published by both Microsoft and Apple Computer back in 1980."

Roberta Williams, American Designer

Adventure, Computer, Favorite

46

"Design can have such a positive impact on the way people live and on their relationships and moods."

"Design can have such a positive impact on the way people live and on their relationships and moods."

Genevieve Gorder, American Designer

Design, People, Positive, Moods

46

"The reward is that you can actually create a world separate from reality with a story, actors, music, and camera design. When it works it can entertain, move people and teach us all."

"The reward is that you can actually create a world separate from reality with a story, actors, music, and camera design. When it works it can entertain, move people and teach us all."

Colleen Atwood, American Designer

Design, Music, People, Actors

46

"Fashion is in a terrible state. An overdose of too much flesh."

"Fashion is in a terrible state. An overdose of too much flesh."

Geoffrey Beene, American Designer

46

"The U.S. used to be perceived as the moral leader of the world, and we have absolutely lost that."

"The U.S. used to be perceived as the moral leader of the world, and we have absolutely lost that."

Tom Ford, American Designer

Leadership, Leader, World

45

"In difficult times fashion is always outrageous."

"In difficult times fashion is always outrageous."

Elsa Schiaparelli, Italian Designer

45

"Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions."

"Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions."

Coco Chanel, French Designer

45

"I've been strong and determined all my life about many things I've wanted."

"I've been strong and determined all my life about many things I've wanted."

Calvin Klein, American Designer

45

"I'm not selling sex. I'm selling underwear and jeans, and I'm not trying to do it with pornography."

"I'm not selling sex. I'm selling underwear and jeans, and I'm not trying to do it with pornography."

Calvin Klein, American Designer

Sex, Selling, Pornography, Trying

45

"I've always thought of the T-shirt as the Alpha and Omega of the fashion alphabet."

"I've always thought of the T-shirt as the Alpha and Omega of the fashion alphabet."

Giorgio Armani, Italian Designer

Thought, Fashion

45

"I wanted to become a cartoon artist, a portrait artist, and an illustrator. This was my first idea."

"I wanted to become a cartoon artist, a portrait artist, and an illustrator. This was my first idea."

Karl Lagerfeld, German Designer

Creativity, Idea, Artist, First

45

"Fashion is always of the time in which you live. It is not something standing alone. But the grand problem, the most important problem, is to rejeuvenate women. To make women look young. Then their outlook changes. They feel more joyous."

"Fashion is always of the time in which you live. It is not something standing alone. But the grand problem, the most important problem, is to rejeuvenate women. To make women look young. Then their outlook changes. They feel more joyous."

Coco Chanel, French Designer

Time, Women, Fashion

45

"To whom does design address itself: to the greatest number, to the specialist of an enlightened matter, to a privileged social class? Design addresses itself to the need."

"To whom does design address itself: to the greatest number, to the specialist of an enlightened matter, to a privileged social class? Design addresses itself to the need."

Charles Eames, American Designer

45

"The experience of creating my adventure games was, other than marrying my husband and bringing into the world my two sons, the most fulfilling, wonderful experience I ever had."

"The experience of creating my adventure games was, other than marrying my husband and bringing into the world my two sons, the most fulfilling, wonderful experience I ever had."

Roberta Williams, American Designer

Experience, Husbadventure, Games, Sons

45

"As a fashion designer, I was always aware that I was not an artist, because I was creating something that was made to be sold, marketed, used, and ultimately discarded."

"As a fashion designer, I was always aware that I was not an artist, because I was creating something that was made to be sold, marketed, used, and ultimately discarded."

Tom Ford, American Designer

Fashion, Artist

45

"I don't always want my opinion known. What little privacy I have left I'd like to maintain."

"I don't always want my opinion known. What little privacy I have left I'd like to maintain."

Calvin Klein, American Designer

Opinion, Privacy, Want

45

"I was still interested in the youth rebellion but never-the-less I stopped being a victim. Stopped trying to attack the establishment realizing that it takes too much of your energy."

"I was still interested in the youth rebellion but never-the-less I stopped being a victim. Stopped trying to attack the establishment realizing that it takes too much of your energy."

Vivienne Westwood, English Designer

Being, Energy, Rebellion, Trying

45

"For the tiny percentage of people who are negatively affected by our embracing of standards, they can just get their sports somewhere else in the meantime. It's not like we're denying them hospital care."

"For the tiny percentage of people who are negatively affected by our embracing of standards, they can just get their sports somewhere else in the meantime. It's not like we're denying them hospital care."

Mike Davidson, American Designer

Sports, People, Care

45

"But the Milanese have made bad choices, bad fashion, and bad jewelry."

"But the Milanese have made bad choices, bad fashion, and bad jewelry."

Christian Lacroix, French Designer

Choice, Choices, Fashion

45

"I think I can make an entirely new game experience, and if I can't do it, some other game designer will."

"I think I can make an entirely new game experience, and if I can't do it, some other game designer will."

Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese Designer

Experience, Will

45

"My dream was always to be a composer, but fashion came very easily."

"My dream was always to be a composer, but fashion came very easily."

Gianni Versace, Italian Designer

45

"Beauty is also submitted to the taste of time, so a beautiful woman from the Belle Epoch is not exactly the perfect beauty of today, so beauty is something that changes with time."

"Beauty is also submitted to the taste of time, so a beautiful woman from the Belle Epoch is not exactly the perfect beauty of today, so beauty is something that changes with time."

Karl Lagerfeld, German Designer

Beauty, Time, Taste, Today

45

"In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different."

"In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different."

Coco Chanel, French Designer

Identity, Order

45

"But, having a perfume and license, in general, is a financial necessity. A designer must, to reap back the money spent on prototypes and all that sort of thing."

"But, having a perfume and license, in general, is a financial necessity. A designer must, to reap back the money spent on prototypes and all that sort of thing."

Vivienne Westwood, English Designer

Money, Financial, Necessity

45

"I don't trust a lot of journalists."

"I don't trust a lot of journalists."

Calvin Klein, American Designer

45

"As soon as you set foot on a yacht you belong to some man, not to yourself, and you die of boredom."

"As soon as you set foot on a yacht you belong to some man, not to yourself, and you die of boredom."

Coco Chanel, French Designer

Relationship, Boredom, Man

45

"Our old site did not have very good support for the disabled, but our new site should soon have much better support. With all of our content in divs now, we can hide all but the relevant chunks of content and navigation with a simple alternate CSS file."

"Our old site did not have very good support for the disabled, but our new site should soon have much better support. With all of our content in divs now, we can hide all but the relevant chunks of content and navigation with a simple alternate CSS file."

Mike Davidson, American Designer

Content, Navigation, Now, Old

45

"Design is an unknown."

"Design is an unknown."

Geoffrey Beene, American Designer

44

"You know that's history, that's why some people say that my stuff is retro, but I don't agree."

"You know that's history, that's why some people say that my stuff is retro, but I don't agree."

Marc Newson, Australian Designer

History, People

44

"You can think you've made it and yet the next day's press will always be waiting for you, the public will always ask more of you. In short, you can always do better!"

"You can think you've made it and yet the next day's press will always be waiting for you, the public will always ask more of you. In short, you can always do better!"

Giorgio Armani, Italian Designer

Audience, Day, Press, Public, Waiting

44

"Being on Oprah? You realize that there are a couple of types of audience members. There are like the cult people in the audience who are just crying before she gets on. And then there are the people who are playing it cool. I definitely was somewhere in the middle."

"Being on Oprah? You realize that there are a couple of types of audience members. There are like the cult people in the audience who are just crying before she gets on. And then there are the people who are playing it cool. I definitely was somewhere in the middle."

Genevieve Gorder, American Designer

44

"I said, 'Okay, it's the year 2000, I'm getting a computer and a Palm Pilot.' I know how to check my e-mail, and I've listed some phone numbers on it. Half the time the battery has gone out so I can't use it."

"I said, 'Okay, it's the year 2000, I'm getting a computer and a Palm Pilot.' I know how to check my e-mail, and I've listed some phone numbers on it. Half the time the battery has gone out so I can't use it."

Marc Jacobs, American Designer

Time, Computer, Numbers

44

"I finished high school there and then I went to Rhode Island School of Design."

"I finished high school there and then I went to Rhode Island School of Design."

Stephen Sprouse, American Designer

44

"I never wanted to weigh more heavily on a man than a bird."

"I never wanted to weigh more heavily on a man than a bird."

Coco Chanel, French Designer

44

"Now I'm doing more snowboarding but I have to get back into surfing again."

"Now I'm doing more snowboarding but I have to get back into surfing again."

Marc Newson, Australian Designer

44

"No. I mean those people really did something for designers I don't think department stores can, could or should do still today. Today the world is different so you have to make it differently. There's TV. There's a lot of things."

"No. I mean those people really did something for designers I don't think department stores can, could or should do still today. Today the world is different so you have to make it differently. There's TV. There's a lot of things."

Karl Lagerfeld, German Designer

People, Today, World

44

"I've always listened to a lot of film music, actually."

"I've always listened to a lot of film music, actually."

Marc Newson, Australian Designer

44

"For most of the '90s and the first part of this decade, content providers who wanted to publish online only needed to worry about the graphical web browser."

"For most of the '90s and the first part of this decade, content providers who wanted to publish online only needed to worry about the graphical web browser."

Mike Davidson, American Designer

Content, First, Worry

44

"They say that the best furniture and clothing design from the '50s and '60s is Scandinavian or Milanese."

"They say that the best furniture and clothing design from the '50s and '60s is Scandinavian or Milanese."

Christian Lacroix, French Designer

44

"We moved into the back, made it into a little 50s sitting room and started to sell the records. We had an immediate success. For one thing, these Teddy Boys were thrilled to buy the records."

"We moved into the back, made it into a little 50s sitting room and started to sell the records. We had an immediate success. For one thing, these Teddy Boys were thrilled to buy the records."

Vivienne Westwood, English Designer

44

"I'd like to believe that the women who wear my clothes are not dressing for other people, that they're wearing what they like and what suits them. It's not a status thing."

"I'd like to believe that the women who wear my clothes are not dressing for other people, that they're wearing what they like and what suits them. It's not a status thing."

Marc Jacobs, American Designer

Woman, Women, People, Clothes

44

"Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death."

"Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death."

Coco Chanel, French Designer

Life, Death, Guilt

44

"The arts have only ever interested a small minority of people, which acted as a kind of nursery to support artists."

"The arts have only ever interested a small minority of people, which acted as a kind of nursery to support artists."

Vivienne Westwood, English Designer

People, Artists, Minority, Support

44

"The young Japanese, especially, love to wear the latest thing and when they come to London they head for my shops as part of what they want to find in Britain."

"The young Japanese, especially, love to wear the latest thing and when they come to London they head for my shops as part of what they want to find in Britain."

Vivienne Westwood, English Designer

Love, London, Shops, Want

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