Quotes About Design

I don't see that any buildings should be excluded from the term architecture, as long as they are done properly.

If modern design moved the stage picture away from the specific, tangible, illusionistic world of Romanticism and Realism into a generalized, theatrical, and poetic realm in which the pictorial image functioned as an extension of the playwright's themes and structures (a metanarrative), then postmodern design is a dissonant reminder that no single point of view can predominate, even within a single image.

The physical course of nature does not merely fail to indicate design, it seems loudly to proclaim its absence.

Puzzles are always a difficult thing, I don't think I've played any games where the puzzles are perfectly contextualised, unless the entire game is a puzzle game built upon that concept.

If you're designing a hammer, it's clear that it should hit a nail. But when designing a home, it's much more nuanced. You have to make sure there are qualities that nurture and enrich human life.

Color does not add a pleasant quality to design - it reinforces it.

What made Louis Vuitton famous was the quality. We don't do marketing; we just create products which are exceptional in their design and craftsmanship.

Between two products equal in price, function and quality, the better looking will outsell the other.

Great product trumps all. You can have the biggest marketing budget, the biggest show, a perfect merchandising plan, but at the end of the day, it doesn't mean anything if the design and quality of the product you are offering is not compelling.

But now I know that it is very important that all buildings should be consistent, that this is the quality of the Gothic cathedral, for instance, that we like.

I wish you didn't have to design so often. Try to do quality and cut down on quantity. I think fashion is very, very important.

If I could do shoes for anyone, it would be a special project for the Queen of England.

I wanted a maternity dress, but I couldn't find anything I liked. Everything was abominable. So I made one. Then I made a pullover. 'Elle' put it on the cover. Then WWD elected me the Queen of Knitwear.

Designing characters for 'Dragon Quest' is fun but difficult work.

What I love about French gardens is the combination of formal elegance and intellectual questioning.

The way of architecture is the quiet voice that underlies it and has guided it from the beginning.

I asked my designer friend, Sam Klemick, to make a headdress for me, drawing inspiration from 1920s headpieces, Athena and Joan of Arc. Before each show, I have this quiet meditative moment where I put the headdress on and gather my thoughts and strength.

I find that when I write, I need things to be quiet, but when I design, I can't bear it if it's quiet.

I love Comme des Garcons. I think everything she touches is almost like gold. And she does it so quietly. No branding.

I don't think I would ever quit acting, but there are other things I am interested in. I wanted to be an architect, and I wish I knew more about landscaping.

Let me just say something that I forgot, I also hoped and this was very true in the beginning - that this would also be a place that people would be able to walk in to the fountain and use it in a nice way of reading and examining the quotations on the blocks.

It's one thing to see the clothes on a rack, but it's interesting to see how they get brought to life.

Women like my shoes because they look good on them, not because they look good on the rack.

I really like Rag & Bone because they make simple pieces that last.