Quotes About Challenge

Design is a response to a specific problem. You are given a problem to solve, and then you let the problem itself tell you what your solution is.

I rarely agree with what clients ask me to do.

Math is easy; design is hard.

The essence of design... lies in the process of discovering a problem shared by many people and trying to solve it.

Someday I'll design a typeface without a K in it, and then let's see the bastards misspell my name.

On the value of blind shots to golf course design.

The worst misstep one can make in design is to solve the wrong problem.

I am still ready to shake hands with anyone who designs a better assault rifle than mine.

It is impossible to design anything that is foolproof because fools are so ingenious.

Working within the constraints of a problem is part of the fun and challenge of design.

Designing and developing anything of consequence is incredibly challenging.

Why is composing symphonies tough? I don't know. It's just very few people in the world can do it well. And I think that's the case with upfront design. It is very hard to do well.

If you never budge, don't expect a push.

Get in over your head as often and as joyfully as possible.

Play the game for more than you can afford to lose... only then will you learn the game.

The challenge is to develop visions, strategies, design and innovation, not just for surviving but for thriving in this new globalising society.

Different and new is relatively easy. Doing something thats genuinely better is very hard.

Designing is a lot like a high-wire act - if the tightrope walker is only six inches off the ground, where's the excitement?

I think there's always something about design that is going to be very difficult for more than a small fraction of people to really get.

For two years nobody talked about anything other than the name arrangement. There was no fund-raising and no progress being made on construction and design.

White. A blank page or canvas. The challenge. Bring order to the whole Through design, composition, tension, balance, light, and harmony.

I have the normal desire, experienced by everybody who's ever flown an airplane with a certain amount of zoom capability, to go a little bit higher and a little bit faster.

What drives me? In every mission I'm on, the thing that drives me most is the desire to find my limits-and extend them.

Everything you desire is outside your comfort zone - otherwise, you would already have it.