Quotes by Designer | Beyond Motive 8/12

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Quotes by Designer

"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

12

"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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"So if I design it and then go away, it's still living somewhere and it still exists by itself without me."

"So if I design it and then go away, it's still living somewhere and it still exists by itself without me."

Marc Newson, Australian Designer

12

"That was always my frustration with so many of these shows, because design is not an ambush... it's a relationship. You have to know how people move and live and work to be able to design for them."

"That was always my frustration with so many of these shows, because design is not an ambush... it's a relationship. You have to know how people move and live and work to be able to design for them."

Genevieve Gorder, American Designer

Design, Work, People, Frustration

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"What we're doing is fun - if you have any sense of humor at all!"

"What we're doing is fun - if you have any sense of humor at all!"

Calvin Klein, American Designer

Humor, Fun, Sense

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"I love to take things that are everyday and comforting and make them into the most luxurious things in the world."

"I love to take things that are everyday and comforting and make them into the most luxurious things in the world."

Marc Jacobs, American Designer

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"Once upon a time we did not focus on a president's private life."

"Once upon a time we did not focus on a president's private life."

Tom Ford, American Designer

Life, Time, Focus, President

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"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

12

"The last occasions when the timetable of our lives would be interrupted for many years to come."

"The last occasions when the timetable of our lives would be interrupted for many years to come."

Sister Parish, American Designer

12

"There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time!"

"There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time!"

Coco Chanel, French Designer

Life, Time, Love, Work

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"Now that digital lifestyle devices, tablets, wireless phones, and other Internet appliances are beginning to come of age, we need to worry about presenting our content to these devices so that it is optimized for their display capabilities."

"Now that digital lifestyle devices, tablets, wireless phones, and other Internet appliances are beginning to come of age, we need to worry about presenting our content to these devices so that it is optimized for their display capabilities."

Mike Davidson, American Designer

Age, Beginning, Content, Internet

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"I'm not a marketing person. I don't ask myself questions. I go by instinct."

"I'm not a marketing person. I don't ask myself questions. I go by instinct."

Karl Lagerfeld, German Designer

Instinct, Marketing, Questions

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"Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations."

"Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations."

Paul Rand, American Designer

Creativity, Idea, Goal, Expectations, Simplicity

12

"I'm opening a store at the end of the month in the New York meatpacking district. I'm launching a line of bedding this summer, and I am writing a book that will be out next January."

"I'm opening a store at the end of the month in the New York meatpacking district. I'm launching a line of bedding this summer, and I am writing a book that will be out next January."

Genevieve Gorder, American Designer

Future, End, Summer, Will, Writing

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"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

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"Don't be afraid to take time to learn. It's good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn."

"Don't be afraid to take time to learn. It's good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn."

Vera Wang, American Designer

Time, Work, People, Years

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"There are so many things to take into account - your ambition, your ego, the press, the consumers. You can never be sure that you'll be on top of the pile again."

"There are so many things to take into account - your ambition, your ego, the press, the consumers. You can never be sure that you'll be on top of the pile again."

Giorgio Armani, Italian Designer

Ambition, Ego, Press

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"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

12

"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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"Then I started to do furniture and interiors for a friend and just to get stuff in a magazine, and then slowly started to build up and started to doing exhibitions."

"Then I started to do furniture and interiors for a friend and just to get stuff in a magazine, and then slowly started to build up and started to doing exhibitions."

Marc Newson, Australian Designer

Friendship, Friend

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"The important thing is to take your time and not get stressed."

"The important thing is to take your time and not get stressed."

Diane von Furstenberg, Belgian Designer

12

"Providing, meaning to a mass of unrelated needs, ideas, words and pictures - it is the designer's job to select and fit this material together and make it interesting."

"Providing, meaning to a mass of unrelated needs, ideas, words and pictures - it is the designer's job to select and fit this material together and make it interesting."

Paul Rand, American Designer

Creativity, Ideas, Job, Meaning, Needs

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"Design is directed toward human beings. To design is to solve human problems by identifying them and executing the best solution."

"Design is directed toward human beings. To design is to solve human problems by identifying them and executing the best solution."

Ivan Chermayeff, British Designer

Design, Problems, Solution

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"It's only I have seen enough of it and the funny thing is now, I know that I'm skinny, because I know there are even smaller clothes in the store. I think I'm big, when I was big, I never thought about it."

"It's only I have seen enough of it and the funny thing is now, I know that I'm skinny, because I know there are even smaller clothes in the store. I think I'm big, when I was big, I never thought about it."

Karl Lagerfeld, German Designer

Fun, Funny, Thought, Clothes, Now

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"September 11th was a moment when America had the sympathy of the world."

"September 11th was a moment when America had the sympathy of the world."

Tom Ford, American Designer

Sympathy, America, World

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"I couldn't have attended half the parties that I was supposed to have been to according to the newspapers. It bothers me."

"I couldn't have attended half the parties that I was supposed to have been to according to the newspapers. It bothers me."

Calvin Klein, American Designer

Experience, Newspapers

12

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

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

Christian Lacroix, French Designer

12

"Mick Jagger, his face was very new. It became a sex symbol."

"Mick Jagger, his face was very new. It became a sex symbol."

Isaac Mizrahi, American Designer

12

"I'd love to talk to Angelina Jolie. On my show I would love her because she's a mysterious, mysterious figure."

"I'd love to talk to Angelina Jolie. On my show I would love her because she's a mysterious, mysterious figure."

Isaac Mizrahi, American Designer

12

"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

12

"Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines."

"Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines."

Enzo Ferrari, Italian Designer

12

"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

12

"You listen to Handel operas, right? And there are a thousand of them, right? And they all sound alike. If I look back on my work, maybe it's the same thing."

"You listen to Handel operas, right? And there are a thousand of them, right? And they all sound alike. If I look back on my work, maybe it's the same thing."

Isaac Mizrahi, American Designer

Work, Right, Sound

12

"It is almost impossible to reconcile self expression with the creative act."

"It is almost impossible to reconcile self expression with the creative act."

Charles Eames, American Designer

Act, Expression, Self

12

"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

12

"Yeah, that's what I'm working for. The couture house of the future."

"Yeah, that's what I'm working for. The couture house of the future."

John Galliano, British Designer

12

"I design for the woman who loves being a woman."

"I design for the woman who loves being a woman."

Diane von Furstenberg, Belgian Designer

Design, Being, Woman

12

"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

12

"What comes next? Super Mario 128? Actually, that's what I want to do."

"What comes next? Super Mario 128? Actually, that's what I want to do."

Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese Designer

12

"It's the kind of clothes that mothers and daughters can wear, in terms of concept... It's not about age. It's about taste, and it's about lifestyle. I believe women of all ages can wear anything."

"It's the kind of clothes that mothers and daughters can wear, in terms of concept... It's not about age. It's about taste, and it's about lifestyle. I believe women of all ages can wear anything."

Ralph Lauren, American Designer

Woman, Women, Age, Clothes, Daughters

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"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

11

"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

11

"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

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"I will not do work that isn't done well or right. Stuff happens - things break, contractors don't come through - but I don't want to be responsible for not doing something correctly."

"I will not do work that isn't done well or right. Stuff happens - things break, contractors don't come through - but I don't want to be responsible for not doing something correctly."

Genevieve Gorder, American Designer

Work, Right, Want, Will

11

"I just don't think there are any rules to color. You have a small space with no windows? Put lamps in there, make it dramatic, paint the ceiling black. Do something with it. If it's dark, accentuate the darkness."

"I just don't think there are any rules to color. You have a small space with no windows? Put lamps in there, make it dramatic, paint the ceiling black. Do something with it. If it's dark, accentuate the darkness."

David Bromstad, American Designer

Darkness, Rules, Space, Windows

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"It's not a party until the fire department shows up."

"It's not a party until the fire department shows up."

Thom Filicia, American Designer

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"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

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"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

11

"We fully expect our competitors to join us in embracing open standards with their next redesigns."

"We fully expect our competitors to join us in embracing open standards with their next redesigns."

Mike Davidson, American Designer

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