Quotes by Designer | Beyond Motive 7/12

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Quotes by Designer

"Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity."

"Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity."

Coco Chanel, French Designer

Attitude, Desire

38

"Everything in life... has to have balance."

"Everything in life... has to have balance."

Donna Karan, American Designer

38

"Most everyone now personally knows someone who is openly homosexual."

"Most everyone now personally knows someone who is openly homosexual."

Tom Ford, American Designer

38

"I think of many people and no one as a muse. I love the way Sofia looks always, and I love the way Kim looks always. Fashion may be part of their world, but it's not their whole life. It's not everything."

"I think of many people and no one as a muse. I love the way Sofia looks always, and I love the way Kim looks always. Fashion may be part of their world, but it's not their whole life. It's not everything."

Marc Jacobs, American Designer

Love, Life, People, Fashion

38

"I don't know if it's a movement, but the only thing new that's happening is that I think music and art and video and fashion are all kind of thrown into one big ball that's on television, and people see that all the time - you see a fusion of all those things."

"I don't know if it's a movement, but the only thing new that's happening is that I think music and art and video and fashion are all kind of thrown into one big ball that's on television, and people see that all the time - you see a fusion of all those things."

Stephen Sprouse, American Designer

Art, Music, Time, People

38

"We've come a long way. Power dressing now is designed to let the woman inside us come through."

"We've come a long way. Power dressing now is designed to let the woman inside us come through."

Donna Karan, American Designer

Power, Now, Woman

38

"The influence of Paris, for instance, is now minimal. Yet a lot is written about Paris fashion."

"The influence of Paris, for instance, is now minimal. Yet a lot is written about Paris fashion."

Geoffrey Beene, American Designer

Fashion, Influence, Now, Paris

37

"There are people who have money and people who are rich."

"There are people who have money and people who are rich."

Coco Chanel, French Designer

Life, Money, People

37

"Our whole economy is based on planned obsolescence, and anyone who can read without moving his lips should know it by now."

"Our whole economy is based on planned obsolescence, and anyone who can read without moving his lips should know it by now."

Brooks Stevens, American Designer

37

"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

37

"There's always some kind of hidden logic."

"There's always some kind of hidden logic."

Christian Lacroix, French Designer

37

"I don't like people to feel completely described by the clothes they wear of mine. I want them to feel that they're describing themselves."

"I don't like people to feel completely described by the clothes they wear of mine. I want them to feel that they're describing themselves."

Isaac Mizrahi, American Designer

People, Clothes, Want

37

"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

37

"I certainly feel that an adult woman has a right to determine what happens to her life and body."

"I certainly feel that an adult woman has a right to determine what happens to her life and body."

Calvin Klein, American Designer

Life, Body, Right, Woman

37

"Design is a revelation to me. It's like taking something that is not alive and giving it form, shape, substance, and life."

"Design is a revelation to me. It's like taking something that is not alive and giving it form, shape, substance, and life."

Geoffrey Beene, American Designer

37

"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

37

"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

37

"I just really wanted to do art, except when I was taking those photographs of people I would make the clothes that I would photograph them in so I could control the whole thing."

"I just really wanted to do art, except when I was taking those photographs of people I would make the clothes that I would photograph them in so I could control the whole thing."

Stephen Sprouse, American Designer

Art, People, Control, Clothes

37

"If there's something dangerous, sauces are dangerous for the body."

"If there's something dangerous, sauces are dangerous for the body."

Karl Lagerfeld, German Designer

37

"Something about glamour interested me. All my schoolbooks had drawings of women on terraces with a cocktail and a cigarette."

"Something about glamour interested me. All my schoolbooks had drawings of women on terraces with a cocktail and a cigarette."

Bill Blass, American Designer

Woman, Women, Glamour

37

"Planet of the Apes was a gigantic challenge, making the clothes work so people could do stunts and action in the clothes. I really learned a lot about that in that movie."

"Planet of the Apes was a gigantic challenge, making the clothes work so people could do stunts and action in the clothes. I really learned a lot about that in that movie."

Colleen Atwood, American Designer

Work, People, Action, Challenge

37

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

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

Marc Newson, Australian Designer

37

"I don't have space to enter into the examples or the history of this, so I'm left with having to make the bold statement that culture is extinct."

"I don't have space to enter into the examples or the history of this, so I'm left with having to make the bold statement that culture is extinct."

Vivienne Westwood, English Designer

History, Culture, Space

37

"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

37

"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

37

"There aren't many strong or charismatic candidates today, because many people can't withstand the scrutiny."

"There aren't many strong or charismatic candidates today, because many people can't withstand the scrutiny."

Tom Ford, American Designer

36

"Half the time I don't even think about it, I just throw something on because I'm so late or so busy."

"Half the time I don't even think about it, I just throw something on because I'm so late or so busy."

Isaac Mizrahi, American Designer

36

"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

36

"You forget how many people watch TV until you come into a town like this. Everybody knows you, and I'm always humbled, especially when there are 500 little kids who all have their hair done like yours and want to be designers."

"You forget how many people watch TV until you come into a town like this. Everybody knows you, and I'm always humbled, especially when there are 500 little kids who all have their hair done like yours and want to be designers."

Genevieve Gorder, American Designer

People, Forget, Hair, Kids

36

"Well, I never studied design and I went to art school to study art, you know, sculpture and things like that, and ended up making things like sculpture and started making chairs and jewelry together and that's how I started."

"Well, I never studied design and I went to art school to study art, you know, sculpture and things like that, and ended up making things like sculpture and started making chairs and jewelry together and that's how I started."

Marc Newson, Australian Designer

Art, Design, School, Sculpture

36

"I think feminists are unaware of the tremendous extent of the role of women in history."

"I think feminists are unaware of the tremendous extent of the role of women in history."

Vivienne Westwood, English Designer

36

"I don't like to make my life like a book."

"I don't like to make my life like a book."

Marc Newson, Australian Designer

36

"But after the time there I'd had it with fashion again, so I left to go to architecture school in a summer course at Harvard, which didn't last very long."

"But after the time there I'd had it with fashion again, so I left to go to architecture school in a summer course at Harvard, which didn't last very long."

Stephen Sprouse, American Designer

Architecture, Time, Fashion, School

36

"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

36

"Knowing who the actors were as you were designing them helped, with Catherine's beauty and Renee's frailty, they directed me visually just by who they were."

"Knowing who the actors were as you were designing them helped, with Catherine's beauty and Renee's frailty, they directed me visually just by who they were."

Colleen Atwood, American Designer

36

"Design is everything. Everything!"

"Design is everything. Everything!"

Paul Rand, American Designer

36

"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

36

"Everything I do is a matter of heart, body and soul."

"Everything I do is a matter of heart, body and soul."

Donna Karan, American Designer

Soul, Heart, Body

36

"Choose your corner, pick away at it carefully, intensely and to the best of your ability and that way you might change the world."

"Choose your corner, pick away at it carefully, intensely and to the best of your ability and that way you might change the world."

Charles Eames, American Designer

Change, Ability, World

36

"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

36

"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

36

"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

36

"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

36

"I'm not a drug addict. My wild period wasn't about drugs; it was about sexual freedom."

"I'm not a drug addict. My wild period wasn't about drugs; it was about sexual freedom."

Calvin Klein, American Designer

Behavior, Drugs, Freedom

36

"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

36

"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

36

"My son loves the Hotel du Cap, in the south of France."

"My son loves the Hotel du Cap, in the south of France."

Diane von Furstenberg, Belgian Designer

Family, Son, France

36

"The purpose - where I start - is the idea of use. It is not recycling, it's reuse."

"The purpose - where I start - is the idea of use. It is not recycling, it's reuse."

Issey Miyake, Japanese Designer

Creativity, Idea, Purpose, Recycling

36

"Eventually everything connects - people, ideas, objects. The quality of the connections is the key to quality per se."

"Eventually everything connects - people, ideas, objects. The quality of the connections is the key to quality per se."

Charles Eames, American Designer

Quality, People, Ideas, Key

36

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

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

Christian Lacroix, French Designer

36

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