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Quotes by Designer
"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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"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."
41
"My wardrobe consists of antique clothes, many of my designs, plus shoes and shirts from Brooks Brothers and Paul Stuart."
41
"Ideas are cheap. Always be passionate about ideas and communicating those ideas and discoveries to others in the things you make."
41
"People read things into my commercials that don't even exist."
41
"The greatest concubines in history knew that everything revealed with nothing concealed is a bore."
41
"Just don't go to a place where everything is too expensive... it'll put your husband in a bad mood."
41
"We were using Brooke as an actress; she was playing different roles: a liberated woman, a teenager, a vamp."
40
"My definition of an adventure game is an interactive story set with puzzles and obstacles to solve and worlds to explore."
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"Sometimes I miss hamburgers, I should say that. I miss the tuna pizzas at Mercer Kitchen."
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"I believe the adventure game genre will never die any more than any type of storytelling would ever die."
40
"Mick Jagger, his face was very new. It became a sex symbol."
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"Gentleness doesn't get work done unless you happen to be a hen laying eggs."
40
"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."
39
"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."
39
"Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations."
39
"Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future."
39
"I wouldn't know how to find eBay on the computer if my life depended on it."
39
"A designer is only as good as the star who wears her clothes."
39
"When I don't have any ideas, I pick up fabric and start working with it and something happens."
39
"I had to work out that it was something that could move, without having everybody in spray painted leotards."
Work,
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"British fashion is self confident and fearless. It refuses to bow to commerce, thus generating a constant flow of new ideas whilst drawing in British heritage."
38
"Eating is not merely a material pleasure. Eating well gives a spectacular joy to life and contributes immensely to goodwill and happy companionship. It is of great importance to the morale."
38
"It's quite nice to see that I didn't have to change who I was to reach two very different types of people."
38
"There's a big difference between decorators and designers and the training is very different."
38
"I'd love to talk to Angelina Jolie. On my show I would love her because she's a mysterious, mysterious figure."
38
"In Paris, it used to feel like you were living in a museum. As beautiful as it was, it's still limited. But here you have just everything."
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