Quotes About Design

I assert that the art of sculpture, among all the arts connected with design, is at least seven times greater than any other, for the following reason: why, sir, a statue of true sculpture ought to have seven points of view, which ought all to boast equal excellence.

Surprisingly straightforward in their clarity and simplicity, Lietaer and Dunne point out that money is a human invention. Our current monetary system was designed some 300 years ago, during an era that knew nothing of natural limits and had a completely different set of objectives and priorities. It's a tool that should be serving us, rather than being our master. And since it is a man-made construct, it can be re-thought, re-imagined, and redesigned.

What has happened to architecture since the second world war that the only passers-by who can contemplate it without pain are those equipped with a white stick and a dog?

Creeds are like iron moulds, into which thought is poured; they may be suitable enough to the way in which they are framed; they may be fit enough to enshrine the phase of thought which designed them; but they are fatally unsuitable and unfit for the days long afterwards, and for the thought of the centuries which succeed.

I used to design for my body, which was flat-chested with big hips. That's why my clothes were tight on top with full skirts.

I'll tell my darling the story of the determined woman in my family tree who wholeheartedly believed that we're all here by design . . . that none of us is an accident in God's eyes. Our heavenly Father's hand is at work in all of our comings and goings—and in the choice of a life mate.

Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization.

in high fashion - it's rarely an art, as most people don't have the taste, money, or time.

If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.

DOS is ugly and interferes with users' experience.

If you can't make it good,at least make it look good.

The kidneys also provide a perfect illustration of an age-old anatomical truth: the body is designed to protect itself, not to be easy to dissect.

Few people think about it or are aware of it. But there is nothing made by human beings that does not involve a design decision somewhere.

With that in mind, here's my Nerd Code of Conduct: ?Be open and be honest. ?Don't pretend you know what you don't know (often a little too easy to do). ?Show the world as it is, rather than the way you wish it would be. ?Respect facts; don't deny them just because you don't like them. ?Move forward only after you trust your design.

Configuring necks this way is almost certainly not how a designer or engineer would build the world. But the details all make perfect sense once you embrace the idea that evolution does not work the way a human designer or engineer would.

I make spaces that are calm rather than confrontational. I seek a certain kind of logic that allows you to move in space and perceive it as beautiful and rational. Clarity is a worthwhile quality.

There is a certain sense in which I would say the universe has a purpose. It's not there by chance.

We no longer think of chairs as technology; we just think of them as chairs. But there was a time when we hadn't worked out how many legs chairs should have, how tall they should be, and they would often 'crash' when we tried to use them.

I don't remember not playing games. I think my pre-industry experience is me building LEGO houses and wishing people would go through them.

When Braniff abandoned stripes, they wound up with a flying jelly bean and that's not a good feeling for passengers.

The mind is like a richly woven tapestry in which the colors are distilled from the experiences of the senses, and the design drawn from the convolutions of the intellect.

Choose paintings, sculptures, realistic or abstract or animal images woven into fabrics, rather than a faux zebra rug or a sullied Lion's head on the wall.

My tapestries are woven on a computer-controlled loom. I design them on Photoshop. I recently did some digitally-routed woodcuts because I wanted the woodcut look, but I didn't want to get the chisels out.

I want people who see my watches to go, 'Wow!' And the more they look at them, the more they go into it, the more I want them to say, 'Wow!' I work on a razor blade between gimmickry and amazement.