Quotes About Design

There is a plan to this universe. There is a high intelligence, maybe even a purpose, but it's given to us on the installment plan.

From the very fact the universe is on the whole orderly, in a manner comprehensible to our intellect, is evidence that we and it were fashioned by a common intelligence.

The big honour of the big revolutions belongs to the high intelligence who design the revolution, not to the masses who support and participate the revolution!

Simplification is one of the most difficult things to do.

Good design is partially creativity and innovation, but primarily knowledge and awareness.

Architecture is not so much a knowledge of form, but a form of knowledge.

When you identify those six to eight messages that will make the most difference in getting an interview and in winning a job offer, you'll design your résumé (and your job transition campaign) around those messages to give yourself a significant advantage over your competition. The messages must collectively answer the questions, "Why should I hire you?" and "What makes you the best qualified candidate for the job?

Mankind was designed to function as a worshipper of God for eternity, and the intent was for all aspects of his life to be acts of worship to the living God.

I do love DVD and I've always taken them seriously. You know, on the Austin things, we really put a ton of work into them because there's so much design involved. And in this one, we thought a lot about it and what could go in.

the neighborhood is nothing but a protective zone- remodeling, disinfection, a snobbish and hygenic design- but above all in a figurative sense: it is a machine for making emptiness.

The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them.

The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizzare which seems inherent in them.

Each new situation requires a new architecture.

I like to play with architecture! It's my favorite game.

My buildings are more famous than me.

It is not possible to design always the same. How to be different in each different place - that is the most important work and duty of the architect to find out.

I think architecture has to be a gift.

What demon could have induced people to line a whole room with orange fabric?

Creative without strategy is called 'art.' Creative with strategy is called 'advertising.'

Once the product's task is known, design the interface first then implement to the interface design.

Oftentimes, the whole reason we became programmers in the first place is because we wanted to move beyond being a mere player and change the game, control it, modify its parameters, maybe even create our own games.

I do two things. I design mobile computers and I study brains.

A future driven by genes has little to no direction and only short-term goals: stay healthy, have kids, enjoy life. A future designed in the best interest of knowledge has both direction and end goals.

Noneditable data should never be displayed in a control that looks editable or operable. Checkboxes, radio buttons, menus, sliders, and the like should never be used for noneditable data because they look operable. Even if they are inactive (grayed), they look like they can somehow be made active, and users will waste time trying to do so.