Quotes by Designer | Beyond Motive 7/12

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Quotes by Designer

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

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

Tom Ford, American Designer

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"I was sort of open to do anything, I was free."

"I was sort of open to do anything, I was free."

Marc Newson, Australian Designer

Individuality, Open

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"Like I said, TLC has enough of my life. I have to keep some of it for myself."

"Like I said, TLC has enough of my life. I have to keep some of it for myself."

Genevieve Gorder, American Designer

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"Just don't go to a place where everything is too expensive... it'll put your husband in a bad mood."

"Just don't go to a place where everything is too expensive... it'll put your husband in a bad mood."

Diane von Furstenberg, Belgian Designer

Marriage, Husband

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"You know like it has its own personality, its own character."

"You know like it has its own personality, its own character."

Marc Newson, Australian Designer

Character, Personality

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"Yes, and I can sit down on a white piece of paper and work because I don't believe too much into inspiration, only I'm waiting for inspiration, work and then inspiration may come. It's a little too easy to say that."

"Yes, and I can sit down on a white piece of paper and work because I don't believe too much into inspiration, only I'm waiting for inspiration, work and then inspiration may come. It's a little too easy to say that."

Karl Lagerfeld, German Designer

Inspirational, Work, Inspiration, May, Waiting

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"That was a time when I did love music, I couldn't get enough of what was going on. Maybe it was Nirvana that brought me back. I guess it was a comfort because something that sounded so right - and non-commercial - had become so influential, so immediately."

"That was a time when I did love music, I couldn't get enough of what was going on. Maybe it was Nirvana that brought me back. I guess it was a comfort because something that sounded so right - and non-commercial - had become so influential, so immediately."

Marc Jacobs, American Designer

Love, Time, Music, Comfort

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"Jeans represent democracy in fashion."

"Jeans represent democracy in fashion."

Giorgio Armani, Italian Designer

Democracy, Fashion

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"If somebody asked me about my inspiration I would say that it's not the peopleand it's not the things, it's travel and experiencing different environments."

"If somebody asked me about my inspiration I would say that it's not the peopleand it's not the things, it's travel and experiencing different environments."

Marc Newson, Australian Designer

Inspirational, Travel, Inspiration

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"I am most proud of the development of the characters as personalities that game players could relate to and care about."

"I am most proud of the development of the characters as personalities that game players could relate to and care about."

Roberta Williams, American Designer

Development, Care

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"I don't care about money. I really don't care. I just want to do what I do."

"I don't care about money. I really don't care. I just want to do what I do."

John Galliano, British Designer

Money, Care, Want

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"It's not about doing over the living room of someone who has bad taste in color. This is about restoring historic buildings and instilling pride in a community, which can be done through designing new public spaces and social gathering spots."

"It's not about doing over the living room of someone who has bad taste in color. This is about restoring historic buildings and instilling pride in a community, which can be done through designing new public spaces and social gathering spots."

Genevieve Gorder, American Designer

Community, Living, Pride, Public

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"A women who doesn't wear perfume has no future."

"A women who doesn't wear perfume has no future."

Coco Chanel, French Designer

Woman, Women, Future

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"Italy will always have the best food."

"Italy will always have the best food."

Diane von Furstenberg, Belgian Designer

Food, Italy, Will

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"The real questions are: Does it solve a problem? Is it serviceable? How is it going to look in ten years?"

"The real questions are: Does it solve a problem? Is it serviceable? How is it going to look in ten years?"

Charles Eames, American Designer

Question, Questions, Years

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"Maybe if they all could he combined - art, rock and fashion. Those were always my favorite things."

"Maybe if they all could he combined - art, rock and fashion. Those were always my favorite things."

Stephen Sprouse, American Designer

Art, Fashion, Favorite

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"When I started the business, I hardly went home. I became very driven about work and about my career."

"When I started the business, I hardly went home. I became very driven about work and about my career."

Calvin Klein, American Designer

Work, Business, Home, Career

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"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

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"A woman should be less concerned about Paris and more concerned about whether the dress she's about to buy relates to the way she lives."

"A woman should be less concerned about Paris and more concerned about whether the dress she's about to buy relates to the way she lives."

Geoffrey Beene, American Designer

Dress, Paris, Woman

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"I watched television a little, but I mostly just drew and read magazines."

"I watched television a little, but I mostly just drew and read magazines."

Stephen Sprouse, American Designer

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"Sofia is so active, and she made The Virgin Suicides, which I thought was great - all these things are inspiring to me, not in terms of creating a particular dress, but just in terms of knowing that there is this type of woman out there."

"Sofia is so active, and she made The Virgin Suicides, which I thought was great - all these things are inspiring to me, not in terms of creating a particular dress, but just in terms of knowing that there is this type of woman out there."

Marc Jacobs, American Designer

Thought, Dress, Inspiring, Woman

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"I like spending time at home. In Paris, people drop by and have a bite to eat, or they drop by and watch Friends on TV. I take my dog to the office there, and I walk to work sometimes."

"I like spending time at home. In Paris, people drop by and have a bite to eat, or they drop by and watch Friends on TV. I take my dog to the office there, and I walk to work sometimes."

Marc Jacobs, American Designer

Friendship, Time, Work, Home, People

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"People have told me about organized crime in the fashion industry, but I can't talk about that. I'm looking to stay alive."

"People have told me about organized crime in the fashion industry, but I can't talk about that. I'm looking to stay alive."

Calvin Klein, American Designer

People, Crime, Fashion, Talk

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"Because the competitive landscape of the web is such that the site which looks and works best gets the most traffic, developers and designers put a premium on the presentation of that content and let structural markup take a back seat."

"Because the competitive landscape of the web is such that the site which looks and works best gets the most traffic, developers and designers put a premium on the presentation of that content and let structural markup take a back seat."

Mike Davidson, American Designer

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"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

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"I feel very strongly about dresses on every level - a dress feels like underpinning."

"I feel very strongly about dresses on every level - a dress feels like underpinning."

Donna Karan, American Designer

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"It's about the power of design and the power of the human spirit. It's above paying anybody to do something stupid for money like reality television does - like ambushing people."

"It's about the power of design and the power of the human spirit. It's above paying anybody to do something stupid for money like reality television does - like ambushing people."

Genevieve Gorder, American Designer

Design, Money, Power, People

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"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

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"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

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"There are a lot of gay people in fashion, but it's not as if every gay person is a great creator."

"There are a lot of gay people in fashion, but it's not as if every gay person is a great creator."

Calvin Klein, American Designer

People, Fashion, Gay

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"Sometimes there are two very opposite directions, and we go with the stronger one at the end. It's an impulse thing, like, 'Oh, I love both so much, but it's got to be one or the other because the two don't work together.'"

"Sometimes there are two very opposite directions, and we go with the stronger one at the end. It's an impulse thing, like, 'Oh, I love both so much, but it's got to be one or the other because the two don't work together.'"

Marc Jacobs, American Designer

Love, Work, End

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"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

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"Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it."

"Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it."

Yves Saint Laurent, French Designer

Dress, Woman, Years

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"Mean people are no fun."

"Mean people are no fun."

Thom Filicia, American Designer

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"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

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"You dress elegant women. You dress sophisticated women. I dress sluts."

"You dress elegant women. You dress sophisticated women. I dress sluts."

Gianni Versace, Italian Designer

Woman, Women, Dress

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"I'm not going to take this defeatist attitude and listen to all this crap any more from all these people who have nothing except doomsday to predict."

"I'm not going to take this defeatist attitude and listen to all this crap any more from all these people who have nothing except doomsday to predict."

Carroll Shelby, American Designer

Attitude, People, Nothing

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"We work because it's a chain reaction, each subject leads to the next."

"We work because it's a chain reaction, each subject leads to the next."

Charles Eames, American Designer

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"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

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"Women dress alike all over the world: they dress to be annoying to other women."

"Women dress alike all over the world: they dress to be annoying to other women."

Elsa Schiaparelli, Italian Designer

Woman, Women, Dress

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"You can have information and ease of use and have artistic integrity at the same time. The art of being a good Web designer is getting yourself into that middle ground and treating it as a final destination instead of as a compromise."

"You can have information and ease of use and have artistic integrity at the same time. The art of being a good Web designer is getting yourself into that middle ground and treating it as a final destination instead of as a compromise."

Mike Davidson, American Designer

Art, Time, Being, Compromise

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"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

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"We all look for lost time."

"We all look for lost time."

Christian Lacroix, French Designer

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"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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"But I'm not an artist. Maybe an artist with a small a."

"But I'm not an artist. Maybe an artist with a small a."

John Galliano, British Designer

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"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

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"As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that."

"As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that."

Vera Wang, American Designer

Woman, Women, Mother, Daughters, Respect

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"Everyone drinks more during a recession; they want to forget."

"Everyone drinks more during a recession; they want to forget."

Christian Audigier, French Designer

Economy, Drinks, Forget, Want

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"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

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"The designs were based on quite a lot of research of what a movie musical is, filtered through the eyes of today. If we'd gone strictly with the '20s, the movement would have been impaired."

"The designs were based on quite a lot of research of what a movie musical is, filtered through the eyes of today. If we'd gone strictly with the '20s, the movement would have been impaired."

Colleen Atwood, American Designer

Film, Eyes, Research, Today

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