Quotes About Design

I find color optimistic and enthusiastic, and I adore it.

I never considered interior design as a career option. I had designed a couple of our homes, and people liked my work. Friends came forward and asked me to help them do up their homes, and that's how it started.

There's nothing like evolution for engineering beautiful organisms.

Organisms by their design are not made to adapt too far.

In design-led organizations, design permeates every initiative and expression. It's embedded in the culture.

I do believe that organizations can certainly improve lives by specifying better fonts, which of course has an effect on how you read your e-mail.

There are many design companies, but there are few designers who organize their own business and open it up to other designers.

To organize all my comics, I've been making custom cabinets.

When I design, I always design around denim. I think of designing as a lifestyle. I design for that career oriented girl who will be sitting at an office all day long, but is still going out and being social at night.

The level of detail and craft is something that's inscribed within the original design concept. And so when I begin to draw, I know what kind of detailing I want the building to have.

IBM was the original contractor for much of the computer interface design on the film.

I always wanted to be an actor, but I always loved design, and growing up in New Orleans there was such great style, great architecture. I would decorate my little apartment in New York over and over again, because it only had a couple of rooms. And I did it for friends and family on the side just for fun.

The building's identity resided in the ornament.

Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury.

There's a Danish architecture firm called BIG. I love architecture, and I always check out their work; they're very good at reimagining the way we live. They put the human experience as the focus, with access to air and outdoor space.

The detail is as important as the essential is. When it is inadequate, it destroys the whole outfit.

Shoes make an outfit; they're like rims for a car.

I like to take my time when I'm designing and constructing outfits.

I always loved Michelle Kwan's outfits. Most of them were designed by Vera Wang, and they're just so simple, but the fabric that they used and the way that it was sewn together look so elegant and rich. You could tell that time had been put into it. It wasn't just another spandex, stucco-covered costume.

I've designed multi-purpose outfits that women can wear at resorts, cocktail evenings or as cover-ups on beach wear.

Men aren't really conscious about what they wear. They are more interested in the fit and comfort and they don't want to wear anything that's too outlandish, so I think it will take me some time to start a menswear line.

What people respond to in my room makeovers is the daring design - fearless colors, bold fabrics and occasionally outlandish decor.

I'd love to be a consultant and help design an offense. That's my true passion, and I want to find an outlet where I can do that.

I used to want covers that represented the book's contents very closely and were also pretty. Many folks automatically believe that this is what makes a good cover. But I've changed my mind about this. While the cover should not lie (by implication or outright), its job is simply to say: 'Pick me up!' to someone who might like the book.