Quotes About Functionality

I like a thin book because it will steady a table, a leather volume because it will strop a razor and a heavy book because it can be thrown at a cat.

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I told them that the form of a building must follow its function.

My primary phone is the iPhone. I love the beauty of it. But I wish it did all the things my Android does, I really do.

Desolating any luminous conditions except those of functionality, 24/7 is part of an immense incapacitation of visual experience.

There is beauty when something works and it works intuitively.

Functionally, a priest in the ancient world was one who could read and write. A kingdom of priests is therefore a nation of universal literacy.

The room has to be comfortable; the house has to look habitable.

I try firstly to make buildings humane.

I know how I like my house. I like it cute and cozy and a little funky, and I like it to feel lived in and worn, and I like the things inside of it to work. That's all. And for me, it's fine that my house's interior suggests that I might not spend every waking moment thinking about how it looks.

You can make clothing as art, but I like the idea of my clothes actually being worn and being useful to women.

I'm becoming far more interested in just functionality and making sure my body is as strong as it can be so I can swing my kids around and not worry about aches and pains.

In the frequently-asked-question category, the question I get asked almost as much as 'What's the worst thing you've ever eaten?' is 'What's the best pair of pants to travel in, work in, trek in, and use on the road for the most activities possible?'

One in five of our customers books for business. But it's scaling very fast. As a result, we have tools for medium or small-sized companies to allow them set their price and give basic reporting functionality.

It is essential for me to work with tools that are reliable and offer complete functionality, which is why I feel so confident about representing the Victorinox brand.

A well-conceived product excels at what it does. It's close to being functionally flawless - like a Ziploc bag, a radio from Tivoli Audio, a Philips Sonicare toothbrush, a Nespresso coffee maker or Google's home page.

Is beauty enhanced or adulterated by utility?

I wear things that kind of can look good for extended periods of time - fabrics that don't wrinkle, things that don't stain very easily.

think of it.' said Robert Rosenbluth, a doctor whose acquaintance i made at the start of this book. 'no engineer could design something as multifunctional and fine tuned as an anus. to call someone an asshole is really bragging him up.

No engineer could design something as multifunctional and fine-tuned as an anus. To call someone an asshole is really bragging him up.

He slipped the sketch to the bottom of the pile. "Architecture is primarily a utilitarian conception, and the problem is to elevate the principle of pragmatism into the realm of esthetic abstraction. All else is nonsense.

The more closely our maps or paradigms are aligned with these principles or natural laws, the more accurate and functional they will be

How accurately and functionally

The more closely our maps or paradigms are aligned with these principles or natural laws, the more accurate and functional they will be. Correct maps will infinitely impact our personal and interpersonal effectiveness far more than any amount of effort expended on changing our attitudes and behaviors.