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Quotes by Designer
"When I don't have any ideas, I pick up fabric and start working with it and something happens."
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"A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness."
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"I am attracted to people who make this effort in knowing what suits them - they are individual and stylish."
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"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."
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"The photograph, the clothes, the sets - this was about 1974, and I started hanging out with my friend Richard Sold, who was playing in a band with Patti Smith."
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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."
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"There are always protests, whether you do something good or bad. Even if you do something beneficial, people say you do it because it's advertising."
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"We were using Brooke as an actress; she was playing different roles: a liberated woman, a teenager, a vamp."
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"The idea of seeing everybody clad the same is not really my cup of tea."
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"I appreciate the sentiment that I am a popular woman in computer gaming circles; but I prefer being thought of as a computer game designer rather than a woman computer game designer. I don't put myself into gender mode when designing a game."
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"King's Quest IV was a much bigger hit than I, II, or III. I do feel that King's Quest IV was a pivotal game in bringing in more female players."
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"I wouldn't know how to find eBay on the computer if my life depended on it."
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"A designer is only as good as the star who wears her clothes."
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"My wardrobe consists of antique clothes, many of my designs, plus shoes and shirts from Brooks Brothers and Paul Stuart."
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"They say that the best furniture and clothing design from the '50s and '60s is Scandinavian or Milanese."
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"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."
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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."
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"Some of the kimonos took as long as four to five months to make, with all the layers that go into it."
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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."
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"It's quite nice to see that I didn't have to change who I was to reach two very different types of people."
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"There's a big difference between decorators and designers and the training is very different."
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"I have yet to see one completely unspoiled star, except for the animals - like Lassie."
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